threap
verb
ˈthrēp 
threaped; threaping; threaps
transitive verb
1
chiefly Scotland : scold, chide
2
chiefly Scotland : to maintain persistently
Word History
Etymology
Middle English threpen, from Old English thrēapian
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- spurgalled
- spurgalling
- spurgalls
- spurge
- spurge family
- spurge flax
- spurge laurel
- spurge moth
- spurge nettle
- spurge olive
- spurges
- spuriae
- spurious
- spurious claw
- spurious disk
- spurious fruit
- spurious primary
- spurious quill
- spurious vein
- spurious wing
- spuriouser
- spuriousest
- spuriouslier
- spuriousliest
- spuriously