Word Meaning

threap definition and meaning

v. t. To call; to name.
v. t. 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.
v. t. To beat, or thrash.
v. t. To cozen, or cheat.
v. i. To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious.
n. An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation.