Meaning of prop | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
2. An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.
3. Abbreviation of propylthiouracil.
   abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
4. The propeller of an aircraft or boat.
5. A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.
   US
6. Clipping of propellant (“rocket fuel”).
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
7. Clipping of proposition player.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
8. A part of a plant reared for its multiplication.
   Internet
9. Testosterone propionate.
   slang, uncountable
10. A blow; the act of striking someone.
    obsolete, slang
11. pillar, pier, mainstay
12. The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.
13. An item placed within an advertisement in order to suggest a style of living etc.
14. A scarf pin.
    obsolete
15. prop (the player who is next to the hooker in a scrum)
16. Any of the seashells in the game of props.
17. to pound

Equivalents

Examples

“They stuck a block of wood under it as a prop.”

“They used the trophy as a prop in the movie.”

“You can use props in a literal way to enhance the story, such as shooting a woodworker amidst woodworking tools.”

“John Aubrey Douglass, a senior research fellow at the Center for Studies in Higher Education at Berkeley, said that while he was not an insider on admissions practices, “my sense is that admissions is highly regulated and careful to stay clear of Prop 209 restrictions, and the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action.””

““Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop vote is!” Trump fumed on Truth Social over the weekend.”

“There was some good counter hits, and then Foster received a prop on the nose which drew the claret.”

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