from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. An object placed beneath or against a structure to keep it from falling or shaking; a support.
- n. One that serves as a means of support or assistance.
- transitive v. To support by placing something beneath or against; shore up.
- n. A theatrical property.
- n. Informal A propeller.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
- n. The player who is next to the hooker in a scrum.
- n. One of the seashells in the game of props.
- v. To support or shore up something.
- n. An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform. Contraction of "property".
- n. The propeller of an aircraft.
- n. A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A shell, used as a die. See props.
- transitive v. To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; ; (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain.
- n. That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A stick, staff, pole, rod, beam, or other rigid thing used to sustain an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests for support; a support; a stay; a fulcrum: usually applied to something not forming a part of the object supported: as, a prop for vines; a prop for an old wall.
- n. In botany, same as fulcrum, 3.
- n. plural Legs.
- n. Synonyms See staff.
- To support or prevent from falling by placing something under or against: as, to prop a roof or wall.
- To support by standing under or against: as, a pillar props a roof; beams prop a wall.
- To support or sustain in a general sense: as, to prop a failing cause.
- To help; assist.
- To stop or pull up suddenly; balk: said of a horse or other beast.
- n. A shell used in the game of props. See props.
- n. An abbreviation of proposition; properly.
- n. An unexpected stop, as of a horse.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
- n. any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie
- n. a propeller that rotates to push against air
- v. support by placing against something solid or rigid
And while the term prop trading has gone out of fashion, "flow" business -- the trading of relatively straightforward financial products on behalf of clients -- has become the new buzz word for investment banks.
Chris Rock introduces himself as a Capricorn and his prop is a T.D. Jakes book.
True fact: the term "prop" is short for "property," so the idea of buying a traveling circus's property makes total sense.
One lucky audience member will even walk away with a one-of-kind prop from the movie.
In this sense it is that your union ought to be considered as a main prop of your liberty, and that the love of the one ought to endear to you the preservation of theother.
Locke steals Gandalf's staff and sells it on eBay as an authentic prop from the film trilogy.
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The secret to having a great Halloween prop is the art of surprise.
It becomes the main prop for the book's argument about Capra, that he and his films were not what they seemed, were instead simply opportunistic excuse for Capra to become famous while making movies whose "progressive" themes he didn't really believe in.