English Explanatory Dictionary

threap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An altercation, quarrel, argument.
An accusation or serious charge.
Stubborn insistence.
A superstition or freet.

verb

To contradict.
To denounce.
To cry out; complain; contend.
To argue; bicker; scold; rebuke
To affirm; to express with conviction.
To cozen or cheat.
To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; to insist (on).

Pronunciation

/θɹiːp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-threap.wav

Word forms

threap threaps threep threip threpe threeap thrape threp traep traip trep trape threaping threaped threapt

Etymology

From Middle English threp (“a rebuke”), from the verb (see below). Alternative etymology derives Middle English threp, from Old English *þrēap (“contention, strife”) (attested only as Old English þrēap, in the sense of "troop, band"), ultimately from the same Germanic origin below.

Derived words

threaper

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