Threat Meaning. Triple threat---singing dancing acting. Threat noun UNWANTED POSSIBILITY CU the possibility that something unwanted will happen or a person or thing that is likely to cause something unwanted to happen.
An indication of something impending the sky held a threat of rain. His family convinced him to take the anonymous threats seriously and call the police. U A.
Members of her family have received death threats.
Noun a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment injury etc in retaliation for or conditionally upon some action or course. Threats are negative and external. An expression of an intention to inflict pain harm or punishment. A person adept in three different fields of activity.
