threap

Meaning

Noun

1. An altercation, quarrel, argument.
2. An accusation or serious charge.
3. Stubborn insistence.
4. A superstition or freet.

Verb

1. To contradict.
2. To denounce.
3. To cry out; complain; contend.
4. To argue; bicker; scold; rebuke
5. To affirm; to express with conviction.
6. To cozen or cheat.
7. To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; to insist (on).

Synonyms

affirm

argue

dispute

nitpick

persist

rebuke

thrust

Translations

embardissar

kabbeln

zanken

sich zanken

sich zanken{vr}

se chamailler

se disputer

se quereller

picoter

litigare

bekvechten

beijar-se

bicar reciprocamente

ağız kavgası etmek

atışmak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θɹiːp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: threp

Inherited from Old English: *þrēap

Cognate with Old English: þrēap

Inherited from Middle English: threpen

Inherited from Old English: þrēapian

Cognate with Old English: þrēagan

In summary

From Middle English threp (“a rebuke”), from the verb (see below).
Alternative etymology derives Middle English threp, from Old English *þrēap (“contention, strife”) (attested only as Old English þrēap, in the sense of "troop, band"), ultimately from the same Germanic origin below.