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verb (used with object)

to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.

to rest (a thing) against a support: He propped his cane against the wall.

to support or sustain (often followed by up).

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noun

a stick, rod, pole, beam, or other rigid support.

a person or thing serving as a support or stay: His father is his financial prop.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English proppe (noun); cognate with Middle Dutch proppe bottle stopper

Related forms

un·propped, adjective

Synonyms
1. brace, buttress, bolster.

Example Sentences

Wage floors prop up the pay of unskilled workers and make services expensive to supply.

Every few minutes the boat grinds to a halt as the prop becomes entangled in water plants.

Wooden boards have been used to prop up the concrete roadbed.

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noun Theater.

property (def. 8).

Origin:
1910–15; by shortening

Related forms

prop·less, adjective

noun

a propeller.

Origin:
1910–15; by shortening

a combining form representing propionic acid in compound words: propanil.

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World English Dictionary

prop¹ (prɒp)

—vb (when tr, often foll by up) (usually also foll by against) , props, propping, propped
1.	(tr) to support with a rigid object, such as a stick
2.	to place or lean
3.	(tr) to sustain or support
4.	(Austral), (NZ) (intr) to stop suddenly or unexpectedly

—n
5.	something that gives rigid support, such as a stick
6.	a person or thing giving support, as of a moral or spiritual nature
7.	rugby either of the forwards at either end of the front row of a scrum

[C15: related to Middle Dutch proppe vine prop; compare Old High German pfropfo shoot, German Pfropfen stopper]

prop² (prɒp)

—n
	short for property

prop³ (prɒp)

—n
	an informal word for propeller

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Word Origin & History

prop

"support," 1440, from M.Du. proppe "vine prop, support," of unknown origin. Related to O.H.G. pfropfo, Ger. pfropfen "to prop," perhaps from L. propago "a set, layer of a plant" (see propagation). Ir. propa, Gael. prop are from English. The verb meaning "to support" is attested from 1492.

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prop

"object used in a play," 1911, from props (1841), shortened form of properties (in theatrical use from early 15c.). Props as slang shortening for proper respects (or something similar) appeared c.1999.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

prop
propeller

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Idioms & Phrases

prop

see knock the bottom (props) out from.