threep

/ (θriːp) /


verb
  1. a variant spelling of threap

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How to use threep in a sentence

  • Thrape or threep; to assert vehemently, boldly, and in a manner not to brook contradiction.

  • Mess, lads, but he'd be a reet good Parli'ment man to threep about the nation.

    A Son of Hagar | Sir Hall Caine
  • But if they keep up this slavery threep, they'll fight till one side has won and the other side is clean whipped forever.

    The Measure of a Man | Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • He will keep up his threep like a gamecock till he dies with it in his last crow.

    Playing With Fire | Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • threep and argue as we may, you and I are both mortals—more's the pity.

    The Parisians, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton