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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).

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

Bricks lay everywhere around a brightly colored prop wall.

Suggest alternatives when the proposed prop or costume isn't accurate.

High commodity prices reduced the need to prop up domestic prices, and reinforced the declining trend in support to agriculture.

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Bricks lay everywhere around a brightly colored prop wall.

Suggest alternatives when the proposed prop or costume isn't accurate.

High commodity prices reduced the need to prop up domestic prices, and reinforced the declining trend in support to agriculture.

Finally, have them select a prop that might be used at that location.

The findings indicate that the ability to prop up the body is more ancient than previously believed.

We are accused of being close-minded and refusing to examine the evidene, of relying solely on faith to prop us up.

The kitchen counter bears ledges to prop up little feet.

Withholding streaming rights is really the only stick the movie studios have in this fight to prop up physical media.

Among other things, demand from consumers for the prop.

Remember to prop your feet and have a travel pillow handy to allow your body to relax while at work.

Europe's leaders have agreed on how to prop up the euro.

Its crew threw two prop foulers against the hull, and then the temperamental old outboard began to balk.

The shoe had sprung free from gear stuffed between me and my three colleagues packed into a tiny prop plane.

Dual vents prop open, allowing extra airflow in and keeping condensation out.

Stewart at the time were attempts to prop up the price of shares.

The yard lamp died years before, but provided a good prop for the ivy.

The bank bail-outs hog attention, but many of the government's crisis measures were designed to prop up the shadow system.

The unique swing design allows you to prop the clock on a desk or nightstand for easy viewing.

Adding a prop only decreases the efficiency of the vehicle.

Kelly is a prop and set designer, and also makes replicas of real objects.

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

Faculty should look elsewhere to prop up their sagging egos and thereby actually teach their students something of importance.

Slashing interest rates would help to prop up house prices and encourage households to keep borrowing and spending.

The animals use them for balance when moving and to prop themselves up in a sitting posture.

The world-wide stimulus package to prop up the crumbling economy is an interim measure.

First, you have to prop your phone up somewhere you can see the screen.

It's actually the mediocre who need the prop of credentials and law/medicine/business work.

Such payments provide crucial support to the long-term jobless and help to prop up aggregate demand.

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

Confidence has been lost, media that has backed this nonsense for so long are now trying to prop up the sham science.

It started as a prop plane and continues on today with jet engines.

Using military power to prop up your popularity: absolutely corrupt and criminal.

Governments are also working hard to prop up credit markets.

Plan ahead and bring a prop for the iconic photo op.

Optimists think that remittances prop up current accounts and help development.

Only the central bank can prop up growth by loosening monetary conditions across the euro area.

Nor, if the expansion stumbles, can they prop it up alone.

But in the short run, credit was an easy way to prop up the living standards of those at the bottom of the economic pile.

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

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

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

American Heritage

Idioms & Phrases

prop

see knock the bottom (props) out from.