threap
Americannoun
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an argument; quarrel.
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a hostile charge; accusation.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
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to scold
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to contradict
Other Word Forms
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
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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
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 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
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
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
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