threat
(noun) declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; “his threat to kill me was quite explicit”
threat
(noun) a warning that something unpleasant is imminent; “they were under threat of arrest”
terror, scourge, threat
(noun) a person who inspires fear or dread; “he was the terror of the neighborhood”
menace, threat
(noun) something that is a source of danger; “earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Threat (plural Threats)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Threat is the 31656th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 730 individuals. Threat is most common among Black/African American (80.68%) and White (12.19%) individuals.
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threat (plural threats)
An expression of intent to injure or punish another.
An indication of potential or imminent danger.
A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.
Adjectives at least commonly used along with the noun: existential, possible
threat (third-person singular simple present threats, present participle threating, simple past and past participle threated)
(transitive) To press; urge; compel.
(transitive, archaic) To threaten.
(intransitive) To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.
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Source: Wiktionary
Threat, n. Etym: [AS. , akin to a to vex, G. verdriessen, OHG. irdriozan, Icel. to fail, want, lack, Goth. us to vex, to trouble, Russ. trudite to impose a task, irritate, vex, L. trudere to push. Cf. Abstruse, Intrude, Obstrude, Protrude.]
Definition: The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; meance; threatening; denunciation. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. Shak.
Threat, v. t. & i. Etym: [OE. , AS. . See Threat, n.]
Definition: To threaten. [Obs. or Poetic] Shak. Of all his threating reck not a mite. Chaucer. Our dreaded admiral from far they threat. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
