Meaning of ecky thump | Babel Free

Definitions

Exclamation of surprise or pleasure, supposedly part of a Northern English dialect.

colloquial, humorous

Examples

“In Lancashire the comical Ee, ecky thump! is to all intents and purposes extinct”

“[…] its bellowing cry of Ecky thump! sounded much friendlier than […]”

“The Guardian, Sunday June 10 2007, Kitty Empire The latest Stripes album title, a play on the Lancastrian exclamation Ecky thump! is, in part, a gasp of surprise...”

“Ecky thump! I've never tasted anything as good.”

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