v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Threaped p. pr. & vb. n. Threaping. ] [ AS. þreápian to reprove. ] [ Written also threpe, and threip. ] 1. To call; to name. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To beat, or thrash. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To cozen, or cheat. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It's not for a man with a woman to threap. Percy's Reliques. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He was taken a threap that he would have it finished before the year was done. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]