Threap Definition
thrēp
verb
To scold; chide.
Webster's New World
To maintain or assert obstinately.
Webster's New World
Origin of Threap
-
From Middle English threp (“rebuke", noun), from Middle English threpen (“to scold"), from Old English þrÄ“apian (“to reprove, reprehend, punish, blame"), from Proto-Germanic *þraupōnÄ… (“to punish"), from Proto-Germanic *þrawō (“torment, punishment"), from Proto-Germanic *þrawÄ“nÄ… (“to torment, injure, exhaust"), from Proto-Indo-European *trōw- (“to beat, wound, kill, torment"). Akin to Old English þrÄ“agan (“to rebuke, punish, chastise"), þrÄ“a (“correction, punishment"), þrōwian (“to suffer"). More at throe.
From Wiktionary
Find Similar Words
Find similar words to threap using the buttons below.