Threap
Origin
From Middle English threp ("rebuke", noun.), from Middle English threpen ("to scold"), from Old English þrÄ“apian ("to reprove, reprehend, punish, blame"), from Proto-Germanic *þraupÅnÄ… ("to punish"), from Proto-Germanic *þrawÅ ("torment, punishment"), from Proto-Germanic *þrawÄ“nÄ… ("to torment, injure, exhaust"), from Proto-Indo-European *trÅw- ("to beat, wound, kill, torment"). Akin to Old English þrÄ“agan ("to rebuke, punish, chastise"), þrÄ“a ("correction, punishment"), þrÅwian ("to suffer"). More at throe.
Full definition of threap
Noun
threap
(plural threaps)- an altercation, quarrel, argument
- an accusation or serious charge