Found 1 items, similar to Threap.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Threap Threap \Threap\, v. i. To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] It's not for a man with a woman to threap. --Percy's Reliques. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] Threap \Threap\, n. An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] He was taken a threap that he would have it finished before the year was done. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] Threap \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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. To beat, or thrash. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] 4. To cozen, or cheat. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]