threap

threap
threaper, n.
/threep/, Scot. and North Eng.
n.
1. an argument; quarrel.
2. a hostile charge; accusation.
v.t.
3. to rebuke; scold.
v.i.
4. to argue; bicker.
[bef. 900; (v.) ME threpen, OE threapian to blame; (n.) ME threp(e), deriv. of the v.]

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