Threap (thrēp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Threaping.] [AS. þreápian to reprove.] [Written also threpe, and threip.] 1. To call; to name. [Obs.][1913 Webster]
2. 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. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.[1913 Webster]
3. To beat, or thrash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.[1913 Webster]
4. To cozen, or cheat. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.[1913 Webster][1913 Webster]
Threap, v. i. To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.][1913 Webster]
It's not for a man with a woman to threap.
Threap (?), n. An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.][1913 Webster]
He was taken a threap that he would have it finished before the year was done.