prop
/pɹɑp/ verb C2- To manually start the engine of a propeller-driven aircraft with no electric starter by pulling vigorously on one of the propeller blades using the hands, so that the propeller can catch ignition.
He/she/it props · Past propped · Past participle propped · -ing form propping
Verb forms
- Base form
- prop
- He/she/it
- props
- Past
- propped
- Past participle
- propped
- -ing form
- propping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“I should think I did notice them, seeing that I had to prop him up—me and Murcher between us.
She was a notable housewife; her work was always done and well done; she “ran” the Sewing Circle, helped run the Sunday-school, and was the strongest prop of the Church Aid Society and Foreign Missions Auxiliary.
Other matches
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- prop up To support with, or as if with, a prop.
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