Past tense of prop
regular verb
The past tense of prop is propped. The past participle is also propped.
Forms of prop
| Base form (V1) | prop /pɹɒp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | propped |
| Past participle (V3) | propped |
| Present participle | propping |
| Third person singular | props |
Propped in a sentence
- He lay on the hotel bed, his hands propped behind his head.2014, Heather Hopkins, The Weapon - Page 65. From the entry bastardness
- Dannika propped her elbows on the bar and asked for a vodka mangotini.2012 June 15, Jody Gehrman, Notes from the Backseat, Harlequin, →ISBN. From the entry mangotini
- It's propped against a jug, but all that is matterless now.2009, John McGahern, That They May Face the Rising Sun. From the entry matterless
- Melanie, propped and bed-jacketed, wore her white-rabbit mask, rosy eyes and nose, like a badge of privilege.2002, Caroline Slate, The House on Sprucewood Lane, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 241. From the entry bed-jacketed
- My legs fell off my queen-sized bed and were propped up by a rocking chair.2000, Eben Carlson, The Love Artist. From the entry fetal
Meaning of prop
- noun An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
- noun The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.
- noun Any of the seashells in the game of props.
Questions about the past tense of prop
- What is the past tense of prop?
- The past tense of prop is propped.
- What is the past participle of prop?
- The past participle of prop is propped.
- Is prop a regular or irregular verb?
- Prop is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: prop (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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