threap

Plural: threaps

Noun

An altercation, quarrel, argument.
An accusation or serious charge.
Stubborn insistence.
A superstition or freet.

Verb

Verb Forms: threaped, threaping, threaps

To dispute or argue persistently.
To contradict.
To denounce.
To cry out; complain; contend.
To argue; bicker; scold; rebuke
To affirm; to express with conviction.
To cozen or cheat.
To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; to insist (on).

Examples

He threaped me down that it was so.
They would THREAP for minutes over the dictionary’s obscure definitions.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Scrabble Score: 11

threap: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
threap: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
threap: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

threap: valid Words With Friends Word