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eh up

eh up is the alternative spelling of ey up.

Meaning of ey up

Interjection

(Yorkshire, Northern England and Midlands)

  1. (Midlands, Northern England, Yorkshire) Hello.
    • Ey up lad, haa's it diddlin?
  2. (Midlands, Northern England, Yorkshire) How are you?
  3. (Midlands, Northern England, Yorkshire) Look at that!, take notice of that!
    • Ey up, ther's somedy comin daan t'rooad, Aw'll talk to thee later.
  4. (Midlands, Northern England, Yorkshire) Don't do that; a warning.
  5. (Midlands, Northern England, Yorkshire) What is that?
  6. (Midlands, Northern England, Yorkshire) Expressing joy.
    • Eyup! Am ryte chuffed at yer football team's victory!

Questions about eh up

What is eh up the alternative spelling of?
Eh up is the alternative spelling of ey up.

Words near eh up in the dictionary

  1. Egyptophiles
  2. Egyptophobic
  3. eh
  4. eh eh eh
  5. eh Tiong
  6. eh up
  7. EH&S
  8. Ehardt
  9. Ehatisaht
  10. Ehattesaht
  11. EHC

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eh up (page history and authors); ey up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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