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threap - What does it mean?

Definition of 'threap'

English

Alternative forms

* threip * threpe

Noun

(en-noun)
  • an altercation, quarrel, argument
  • an accusation or serious charge
  • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to scold, rebuke
  • to argue, bicker
  • * Percy's Reliques
  • It's not for a man with a woman to threap .
  • to call, to name
  • to cozen or cheat
  • (Halliwell)
  • To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction.
  • He threaped me down that it was so.
    (Robert Burns)
  • To beat or thrash.
  • (Halliwell)

    Derived terms

    * threaper

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    Similar to 'threap'

    troop, thrip, thorp, twerp, throwup, twirp, therp