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[ props ] / prɒps / SEE SYNONYMS FOR props ON THESAURUS.COM
noun (usually used with a singular verb)Slang.proper or due respect or recognition; credit:I give him props for putting up with annoying customers. Origin of props1990–95; Americanism; shortening of earlier propers (in the same sense), from proper, adjective Words nearby propsproprioceptive reflex, proprioceptor, proprio motu, proprium, prop root, props, propter hoc, proptosis, propulsion, prop wash, propyl Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for propsIn the barrios of Los Angeles the gangsters get the most props and respect. The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs|Seth Ferranti|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST What is offensive is having a bunch of African-American women with big booties in your videos twerking as props. ‘Dear White People’: How An Ex-Publicist’s Twitter Became One of the Year’s Most Important Films|Marlow Stern|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST They spent the next year researching clothing, hair, makeup, lighting, and props. The Man Behind Marilyn Malkovich|Justin Jones|October 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST She is certainly a risk-taker and attention-getter, but often for matters of costume, props, and behavior. Can Lady Gaga Do Jazz?|Ted Gioia|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I give her props for getting out of there, being in so much pain and being so scared,” says Jane. Christy Mack: The Porn World Unites Over A Fallen Comrade|Aurora Snow|August 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST The ends of the props or poles are either dipped in tar, or charred, to prevent their rotting. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure But when you pull out one set of props the whole thing will come down. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush|Francis Lynde A fire was then kindled about them, and as the props burnt through, the wall fell. A Handbook of Pictorial History|Henry W. Donald We put Ole's name in and were prepared to have him draw a Class A girl; but what happened knocked the props out from under us. At Good Old Siwash|George Fitch The cashier that let me have it eyed me suspicious as I props it up against the sugar bowl and starts in with the A's. The House of Torchy|Sewell Ford
British Dictionary definitions for props
pl nslang, mainly US and Canadian proper respectprops to my dad Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to propsbrace, mainstay, buttress, column, truss, assistance, stanchion, stay, underpinning, shore, aid, post, strut, strengthener, bolster, set, uphold, strengthen, support, rest |