threat

/θɹɛt/

Etymology

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”). Cognate with Scots thret, threte, threit (“threat”), Middle High German drōz (“annoyance, disgust, horror, terror, fright”), Middle Low German drōt (“threat, menace, danger”), Faroese treyt (“struggle, labour, distress”), Icelandic þraut (“struggle, labour, distress”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian труд (trud, “work, labour”), Czech trud (“effot, hard work”), Polish trud (“hard work”), Serbo-Croatian

threat means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 65 out of 100.

name

A surname.

noun

An expression of intent to injure or punish another.“There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats.”
An indication of potential or imminent danger.“Verifying and addressing actual threats is not paranoia.”
A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.“Rooney's United team-mate Chris Smalling was given his debut at right-back and was able to adjust to the international stage in relatively relaxed fashion as Bulgaria barely posed a threat of any consequence.”

verb

To press; urge; compel.
To threaten.“An hideous Geant horrible and hye, / That with his talnesse seemd to threat the skye […]”
To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.