"therap" meaning in English

See therap in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: theraps [present, singular, third-person], therapping [participle, present], therapped [participle, past], therapped [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from therapist. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|therapist}} Back-formation from therapist Head templates: {{en-verb|theraps|therapping|therapped}} therap (third-person singular simple present theraps, present participle therapping, simple past and past participle therapped)
  1. (nonstandard, rare) To administer therapy. Tags: nonstandard, rare
    Sense id: en-therap-en-verb-jeGX~V0~ Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for therap meaning in English (2.2kB)

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