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Threap

Threap

(thrēp)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Threaped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Threaping
.]
[AS.
þreápian
to reprove.]
[Written also
threpe
, and
threip
.]
1.
To call; to name.
[Obs.]
2.
To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide;
as, he
threaped
me down that it was so
.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Burns.
3.
To beat, or thrash.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
4.
To cozen, or cheat.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

Threap

,
Verb.
I.
To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
It’s not for a man with a woman to
threap
.
Percy's Reliques.

Threap

,
Noun.
An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
He was taken a
threap
that he would have it finished before the year was done.
Carlyle.

Definition 2024

threap

threap

English

Alternative forms

Noun

threap ‎(plural threaps)

  1. an altercation, quarrel, argument
  2. an accusation or serious charge

Verb

threap ‎(third-person singular simple present threaps, present participle threaping, simple past and past participle threaped)

  1. to scold, rebuke
  2. to argue, bicker
    • Percy's Reliques
      It's not for a man with a woman to threap.
  3. to call, to name
  4. to cozen or cheat
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
  5. To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction.
    He threaped me down that it was so.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Robert Burns to this entry?)
  6. To beat or thrash.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Derived terms

  • threaper

Anagrams

Etymology

From Middle English threp ‎(“rebuke”, noun), from Middle English threpen ‎(“to scold”), from Old English þrēapian ‎(“to reprove, reprehend, punish, blame”), from Proto-Germanic *þraupōną ‎(“to punish”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawō ‎(“torment, punishment”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawēną ‎(“to torment, injure, exhaust”), from Proto-Indo-European *trōw- ‎(“to beat, wound, kill, torment”). Akin to Old English þrēagan ‎(“to rebuke, punish, chastise”), þrēa ‎(“correction, punishment”), þrōwian ‎(“to suffer”). More at throe.

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