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Threap
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What's The Definition Of Threap?Synonyms | Synonyms for Threap: Related Terms | Find terms related to Threap: See Also | Threap In Webster's Dictionary \Threap\ (thr[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Threaped}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Threaping}.] [AS. [thorn]re['a]pian to
reprove.] [Written also {threpe}, and {threip}.]
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\, v. i. To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] It's not for a man with a woman to threap. --Percy's Reliques. \Threap\, 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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