ecky thump

interjection

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

“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...”

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Meanings

interjection
  1. colloquialhumorousExclamation of surprise or pleasure, supposedly part of a Northern English dialect.

    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...

    3 more examples

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

    1981, Peter Wright, Cockney Dialect and Slang

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

    1985, Keith Waterhouse, Waterhouse At Large.

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

    2001, Cyril Morris, Morgi, page 122

Origin

Introduced in "Kung Fu Kapers", a 1975 episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies. In the episode, "ecky thump" is a secret Lancastrian martial art using black puddings as a weapon.

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APA

ecky thump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecky%20thump

MLA

“ecky thump.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecky%20thump. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ecky thump,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecky%20thump.

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