Synonyms for prop

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : prop

Phonetic Transcription : prɒp

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Définition of prop

Origin : "support," mid-15c., from Middle Dutch proppe "vine prop, support," of unknown origin. Probably related to Old High German pfropfo, German pfropfen "to prop," perhaps from Latin propago "a set, layer of a plant" (see propagation). Irish propa, Gaelic prop are from English.

noun support
verb hold up or lean against

Example sentences :

Where was the beautiful friendship that had been the comfort, the prop of her bereaved life?
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

Get on the prop and we'll see if the old puddle jumper will take off.
Extract from : « The Solar Magnet » by Sterner St. Paul Meek

Never heard that folks that set fire to other people's prop'ty got there, did you?
Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Wharever does Dave come in to get insultin' action at sech a prop'sition?
Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis

Stan hoiked her tail with a blast of prop pressure and hopped her off.
Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery

That was the prop to his fame—that he had broken Jim Wilder's outlaw.
Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden

You'll work another period, sewer rat, if I have to prop you up!
Extract from : « Vulcan's Workshop » by Harl Vincent

I needed her indomitable frailness to prop my grosser strength.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

If a slump of any kind comes, he will be without a prop to lean on.
Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson

"Yes, ma'am," says Babbitt, tryin' to prop up his wilted collar.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

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