threap

American  

[threep] / θrip /

noun

1. an argument; quarrel.

2. a hostile charge; accusation.

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verb (used with object)

1. to rebuke; scold.

verb (used without object)

1. to argue; bicker.

threap British  

/ θriːp /

verb

1. to scold

2. to contradict

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Other Word Forms

• threaper noun

Etymology

Origin of threap

before 900; (v.) Middle English threpen, Old English thrēapian to blame; (noun) Middle English threp ( e ), derivative of the v.

Example Sentences

The reply was, “Yo’d better not; he’d threap yo’ down th’ loan. 

From Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

I weant say that I's fain to see you, but I've no call to threap wi' waller-lads.

From Tales of the Ridings by Vaughan, C.

Some herds, weel learn’d upo’ the beuk, Wad threap auld folk the thing misteuk; For ’twas the auld moon turned a neuk, An’ out o’ sight, An’ backlins-comin’, to the leuk, She grew mair bright.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

Some herds, weel learn'd upo' the beuk, Wad threap auld folk the thing misteuk; For 'twas the auld moon turn'd a neuk An' out of' sight, An' backlins-comin to the leuk She grew mair bright.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

He seemed to feel a strength that would have snapped them like pack threap.

From The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast by Ballou, Maturin Murray