threap

Contest; attack.

Contradiction.

A vehement or pertinacious affirmation; an obstinate decision or determination.

A superstitious idea or notion; a freet.

To contradict.

To aver or affirm with pertinacious repetition; continue to assert with contrary obstinacy, as in reply to persistent denial: as, to threap a thing down one’s throat.

To insist on.

To cry out; complain; contend; maintain.

To call; term.

To indulge in mutual recrimination or contradiction; contend; quarrel; bandy words; dispute.