Prop Definition

prŏp
propped, propping, props
noun
props
A rigid support, as a beam, stake, or pole, placed under or against a structure or part.
Webster's New World
One that serves as a means of support or assistance.
American Heritage
A person or thing that gives support or aid to a person, institution, etc.
Webster's New World

Property.

Webster's New World
Any of the articles other than costumes and scenery used by an actor or performer during a performance on stage or in a film.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
propped, propping, props
To support, hold up, or hold in place with or as with a prop.
Webster's New World
To place or lean (something) against a support.
Webster's New World
To sustain or bolster.
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Proper(ly)
Webster's New World
Property.
Webster's New World
Proposition.
Webster's New World
Proprietor.
Webster's New World
prefix
Related to or derived from propionic acid.
Propane.
American Heritage

Origin of Prop

  • Akin to German Pfropfen and Danish proppe, compare Latin propago (“layer of a plant")

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English proppe probably from Middle Dutch

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Abbreviation of proposition.

    From Wiktionary

  • Abbreviation of propeller.

    From Wiktionary

  • Abbreviation of property.

    From Wiktionary

  • From propionic acid

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Short for property

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Prop Sentence Examples

  • How many prop skeletons could there be in the small town of Ouray?

  • He recognized that the fault of the government lay in the fact that it did not govern, and he deplored that his own function, in a decadent age, was but " to prop up mouldering institutions."

  • No. Not unless you want to talk to yourself while I prop up a zombie who won't hear a word you're saying.

  • Prayer was his main prop. By it men became controllers of the earthly world and reached God.

  • Christianity is founded on Judaism; its main prop is the argument from the fulfilment of prophecy.

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