Thesaurus: threap

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1. v. t. To call; to name.
2. 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.
3. v. t. To beat, or thrash.
4. v. t. To cozen, or cheat.
5. v. i. To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious.
6. n. An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation.
7. 1. To call; to name. [Obs.] 2. 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. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns. 3. To beat, or thrash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 4. To cozen, or cheat. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] It's not for a man with a woman to threap. Percy's Reliques. An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] He was taken a threap that he would have it finished before the year was done. Carlyle.
8. To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [Prov. Eng. &Scot.]It's not for a man with a woman to threap. Percy's Reliques.
9. 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.