ˈthump-up slang.
[f. thump v. + up adv.1]
= punch-up.
| 1967 H. W. Sutherland Magnie vi. 80 There'd be a killing... But need it get as far as that?.. Just a thump up, maybe. 1978 Maledicta 1977 I. 130 Teacher: ‘What would you have if you had 10 apples, and the boy next to you took 6 apples from you?’ Boy: ‘A thump-up (fight), Miss.’ |