Definitions For Threap

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, threep, threip, threpe, threeap}}

Etymology 1

From Middle English threp, t=a rebuke, from the verb (see below). Alternative etymology derives Middle English threp, from {{inh, en, ang, *þrēap, t=contention, strife}} (attested only as {{cog, ang, þrēap}}, in the sense of "troop, band"), ultimately from the same Germanic origin below.

Noun

THREAP (plural THREAPs) (Scotland) an altercation, quarrel, argument an accusation or serious charge stubborn insistence a superstition or freet

Etymology 2

From Middle English threpen, t=to scold, from {{inh, en, ang, þrēapian, t=to reprove, reprehend, punish, blame}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, þraupōną, t=to punish}}, from {{der, en, gem-pro, *þrawō, t=torment, punishment}}, from {{der, en, gem-pro, *þrawjaną, t=to torment, injure, exhaust}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *trōw-, t=to beat, wound, kill, torment}}. Akin to {{cog, ang, þrēagan, t=to rebuke, punish, chastise}}, þrēa, t=correction, punishment, þrōwian, t=to suffer. More at throe.

Verb

past2=threapt {{lb , en , scotland}} (transitive) To contradict To scold; rebuke To cry out; complain; contend To argue; bicker To call; name To cozen or cheat : (Halliwell) To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction. : He threaped me down that it was so. }} To beat or thrash. : (Halliwell) To insist on

Derived terms

threaper

Anagrams

Tharpe, pather, tephra, teraph