propp

From Middle Low German propp.

propp m (definite singular proppen, indefinite plural propper, definite plural proppene)

1. a plug
   • Hun trykket proppene inn i ørene og skrudde på iPoden. Musikken fylte hodet hennes; Justin Bieber; "Beauty and a Beat". ("Min mor hadde en saks i ryggen" by Unni Lindell, H. Aschehoug & Co. 2015, →ISBN, 9788203360022)

• blodpropp
• ørepropp

• “propp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German propp.

propp m (definite singular proppen, indefinite plural proppar, definite plural proppane)

1. a plug

• blodpropp

• “propp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Middle Low German propp (“support (for vines)”), of uncertain origin, perhaps borrowed from Latin propago (“I extend, propagate”).

propp c

1. a plug for stopping a hole (to prevent some liquid from passing through it, e.g. for a sink)
2. a plug or clot blocking flow, e.g. an ice plug or a blood clot

   Synonym: (blood clot) blodpropp

3. a fuse for preventing overcurrent, typically a DIAZED fuse with a screw-in porcelain fuse holder

   Synonyms: proppsäkring, (fuse) säkring

4. (colloquial) a punch

   Han åkte på en propp ― He got punched

• blodpropp (“blood clot”)
• proppskåp (“fuse box”)
• öronpropp (“earplug”)

• propp- (“very (to the point of being plugged up, figuratively)”)
• proppa (“to stuff”)

• propp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• propp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• propp in Svensk ordbok (SO)