prop vs spoke

prop

noun
  • The propeller of an aircraft. 

  • An item placed within an advertisement in order to suggest a style of living etc. 

  • An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform. 

  • An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports. 

  • Any of the seashells in the game of props. 

  • A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot. 

  • The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum. 

  • propellant (“rocket fuel”) 

verb
  • To support or shore up something. 

  • 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. 

  • To position the feet of (a person) while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the knees are elevated at a higher level. 

spoke

noun
  • A projecting handle of a steering wheel. 

  • A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim. 

  • A rung of a ladder. 

  • One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation. 

  • A device for fastening the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from turning when going downhill. 

verb
  • simple past tense of speak 

  • To furnish (a wheel) with spokes. 

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