(transitive, sometimes figurative) To support or shore up something.
Used in a Sentence
propped
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for propped.
Editorial note
They go to US universities who are in part propped up by the money spent by these students.
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Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(transitive, sometimes figurative) To support or shore up something.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of propped gathered in one view.
(intransitive) To play rugby in the prop position.
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.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for propped.
verb
(transitive, sometimes figurative) To support or shore up something.
verb
(intransitive) To play rugby in the prop position.
verb
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.
verb
(transitive, usually with "up" - see prop up) To position the feet of (a person) while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the knees are elevated at a higher level.
Example sentences
They go to US universities who are in part propped up by the money spent by these students.
Ridding your country of a brutal, corrupt puppet dictatorship propped up by said aggressive, invading force?
They haven't been able to pay for consumption in quite a while actually, but previously EU lending propped them up.
If it weren't for Java being propped up by Google, Java would hardly exist in the mobile world at all.
In fairness, the tacit Sino-American currency union has propped up Chinese industry since the Nixon Era.
The real question then is: Can IPOs be succesfully propped to prevent every possible flop?
Stripe's business model is not only propped up by the oligopolistic/cartel-like nature of international payment processing, it's a product of it.
Open floor plan mimicry is a physical equivalent to those management bibles read, or at least propped on the desks, by management.
The idea that Switzerland is propped up by tax evasion simply isn't true.
Because the rest of our energy sector isn't also propped up by subsidies.
Every once in a while individuals need to be propped up by the rest of the team if they're having difficulties with their individual responsibilities.
> Ridding your country of a brutal, corrupt puppet dictatorship propped up by said aggressive, invading force?
Quote examples
Just because the US "propped up" a handful of dictators out of the hundreds in the world doesn't mean what he's saying isn't paranoid nonsense.
So anyone we ever dealt with in any capacity was "propped up".
Personally, I think the bond market has been propped up by "quantitative easing", which has, in turn, inflated the equity markets.
Sure, he did a few things well, his "Beer Summit" comes to mind, but he is just about as good a president can be in the United States, when propped-up by awe-struck media.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use propped in a sentence?
They go to US universities who are in part propped up by the money spent by these students.
What does propped mean?
(transitive, sometimes figurative) To support or shore up something.
What part of speech is propped?
propped is commonly used as verb.