threat

threat

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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) enPR: thrĕt, IPA(key): /θɹɛt/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈθɹet/
  • (Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

From Middle English threte, thret, thrat, thræt, threat, from Old English þrēat (crowd, swarm, troop, army, press; pressure, trouble, calamity, oppression, force, violence, threat), from Proto-Germanic *þrautaz, closely tied to Proto-Germanic *þrautą (displeasure, complaint, grievance, labour, toil), from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (to squeeze, push, press), whence also Middle Low German drōt (threat, menace, danger), Middle High German drōz (annoyance, disgust, horror, terror, fright), Icelandic þraut (struggle, labour, distress), Latin trūdō (push, verb).

Noun

threat (plural threats)

  1. An expression of intent to injure or punish another.
  2. An indication of potential or imminent danger.
  3. A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • threaten
  • threatening
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Etymology 2

From Middle English threten, from Old English þrēatian (to press, oppress, repress, correct, threaten). Akin to Middle Dutch drōten (to threaten).

Verb

threat (third-person singular simple present threats, present participle threating, simple past and past participle threated)

  1. (transitive) To press; urge; compel.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To threaten.
  3. (intransitive) To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.

Anagrams

  • Hatter, hatter, rateth, that're

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