threap Meaning, Definition & Usage

Threap transitive verb

Etymology

AS. reápian to reprove.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Threaped ; present participle & verbal noun Threaping

Definitions

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 intransitive verb

Definitions

1. 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

Definitions

1. 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.