THREAP
\θɹˈiːp], \θɹˈiːp], \θ_ɹ_ˈiː_p]\
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To beat, or thrash.
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To cozen, or cheat.
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To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious.
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An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation.
By Oddity Software
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To beat, or thrash.
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To cozen, or cheat.
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To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious.
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An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation.
By Noah Webster.
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To assert with pertinacity: to continue to assert in reply to denial: as, will ye threap that down my throat? (Scotch and provincial English.) Spelled also THREEP.
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To aver or assert with pertinacity; to maintain by dint of assertion. Burns: to contend; to quarrel; "It is not for a man with a woman to threap"-Percy Reliq.: to threaten; "He threapit to see the auld hardened blood-shedder."-Sir W. Scott.
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A vehement or pertinacious affirmation: an obstinate decision or determination. "He has taken a threap that he would have it finished before the year was done."-Carlyle.
By Daniel Lyons
