# threap

> English word · Noun · IPA /θɹiːp/

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

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/threap