Threap

·vt To beat, or thrash.

II. Threap ·vt To cozen, or cheat.

III. Threap ·vi To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious.

IV. Threap ·vt To Call; to Name.

V. Threap ·noun An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation.

VI. Threap ·vt 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.