The Collaborative International Dictionary
Threaping
Threap \Threap\ (thr[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Threaping.] [AS. [thorn]re['a]pian to reprove.] [Written also threpe, and threip.]
To call; to name. [Obs.]
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.To beat, or thrash. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.To cozen, or cheat. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
Wiktionary
threaping
vb. (present participle of threap English)