Threap
Pronunciation : Threap
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. to reprove.] [Written also threpe, and threip.]
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Threaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Threaping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Threap
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] It's not for a man with a woman to threap. Percy's Reliques.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Threap
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913