underprop

[uhn-der-prop]

verb (used with object), -propped, -prop·ping.

to prop underneath; support; uphold.

Origin:
1505–15; under- + prop¹

Related forms

un·der·prop·per, noun

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underprop (ˌʌndəˈprɒp)

—vb , -props, -propping, -propped
	(tr) to prop up from beneath

'underpropper

—n

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