THREAP

v. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To call; to name. [Obs.]

2.
v.

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.
v.

To beat, or thrash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

4.
v.

To cozen, or cheat. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

5.
v.

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

6.
n.

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.

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