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Definition threapers

Etymology 1

From Middle English threp (�a rebuke�), from the verb (see below).

Alternative etymology derives Middle English threp, from Old English *�r?ap (�contention, strife�) (attested only as Old English �r?ap, in the sense of "troop, band"), ultimately from the same Germanic origin below.

Noun

threap (plural threaps) (Scotland)

1. an altercation, quarrel, argument
2. an accusation or serious charge
3. stubborn insistence
4. a superstition or freet

Etymology 2

From Middle English threpen (�to scold�), from Old English �r?apian (�to reprove, reprehend, punish, blame�), from Proto-Germanic *�raup?n? (�to punish�), from Proto-Germanic *�raw? (�torment, punishment�), from Proto-Germanic *�rawjan? (�to torment, injure, exhaust�), from Proto-Indo-European *tr?w- (�to beat, wound, kill, torment�). Akin to Old English �r?agan (�to rebuke, punish, chastise�), �r?a (�correction, punishment�), �r?wian (�to suffer�). More at throe.

Verb

threap (third-person singular simple present threaps, present participle threaping, simple past and past participle threaped or threapt) (Scotland)

1. (transitive) To contradict
2. To scold; rebuke
3. To cry out; complain; contend
4. To argue; bicker
5. To call; name
6. To cozen or cheat
7. To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction.
8. To beat or thrash.
9. To insist on

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