Antonyms for prop
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : prop |
| Phonetic Transcription : prÉ’p |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for prop
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