threap

C2+ Topic:Communication

US /θriːp/ UK /θriːp/ See IPA manual

Freq #1101955

Meanings

1

verb
chiefly northern British or Scots: to scold, chide, argue with, or rebuke someone

The neighbors threaped one another over the boundary wall.
2

verb
chiefly northern British or Scots: to maintain or insist on something obstinately despite contradiction

She threaped that no respectable family would behave in such a way.
3

noun
dialectal: an argument, quarrel, accusation, or stubborn assertion

Their long threap about the inheritance ended only when the lawyer arrived.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · chiefly northern british or... scold chide argue rebuke

2 verb · chiefly northern british or... insist maintain assert

3 noun · dialectal: an argument,... quarrel argument contention

Opposites

agree concede soothe

Word family

Forms threaped

Derived forms threaperthreaping

Related forms threepthrepecontention

Etymology

From Middle English threpen and Old English threapian, 'reprove, rebuke, or punish,' related to Germanic words for torment or punishment. Northern English and Scots preserved senses of arguing, scolding, and insisting obstinately after the word became rare in standard English.

Topics

Communication

External links

# threap

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /θriːp/
**IPA (UK):** /θriːp/
**Frequency rank:** 1101955

## Meanings
1. chiefly northern British or Scots: to scold, chide, argue with, or rebuke someone
2. chiefly northern British or Scots: to maintain or insist on something obstinately despite contradiction
3. dialectal: an argument, quarrel, accusation, or stubborn assertion

## Examples
- The neighbors threaped one another over the boundary wall.
- She threaped that no respectable family would behave in such a way.
- Their long threap about the inheritance ended only when the lawyer arrived.

## Synonyms
- scold
- chide
- argue
- insist
- quarrel

## Antonyms
- agree
- concede
- soothe

## Derived Forms
- threaper
- threaping

## Related Forms
- threep
- threpe
- contention

## Etymology
From Middle English threpen and Old English threapian, 'reprove, rebuke, or punish,' related to Germanic words for torment or punishment. Northern English and Scots preserved senses of arguing, scolding, and insisting obstinately after the word became rare in standard English.

## Topics
- Communication

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