prop
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹɒp/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɹɑp/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /pɹɔp/
- Rhymes: -ɒp
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English proppe (“a prop, support, support for a vine or plant”), from Middle Dutch proppe (“support, support for a vine, stopper for a bottle”). Compare Middle Low German proppe (“plug, stopper”), German Pfropfen (“plug”), Danish prop (“plug, stopper”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Also, is the rugby sense from this etymology, from the other, or from a third?”)
Noun
editprop (plural props)
- An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
- They stuck a block of wood under it as a prop.
- (rugby) The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.
- Any of the seashells in the game of props.
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Verb
editprop (third-person singular simple present props, present participle propping, simple past and past participle propped)
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To support or shore up something.
- Try using a phone book to prop up the table where the foot is missing.
- (intransitive) To play rugby in the prop position.
- (transitive, usually with "up" - see prop up) To position the feet of (a person) while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the knees are elevated at a higher level.
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Etymology 2
editNoun
editprop (plural props)
- (theater, film) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.
- They used the trophy as a prop in the movie.
- An item placed within an advertisement in order to suggest a style of living etc.
- 2006, Michael Grecco, Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait, Amphoto Books, →ISBN, page 109:
- You can use props in a literal way to enhance the story, such as shooting a woodworker amidst woodworking tools.
Usage notes
edit- In stagecraft, usually the term prop is reserved for an object with which an actor or performer interacts, such as a glass, a book, or a weapon. Larger items adding to the scene, such as chairs, are considered part of the set.
- Props are often non-functional. A prop that is required to function is a "practical" prop, or simply a "practical".
- When used like an adjective (prop sword, prop gun) the implication is that it is non-functional
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Etymology 3
editNoun
editprop (plural props)
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editprop (third-person singular simple present props, present participle propping, simple past and past participle propped)
- To manually start the engine of a propeller-driven aircraft with no electric starter by pulling vigorously on one of the propeller blades using the hands, so that the propeller can catch ignition.
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editEtymology 4
editClipping of proposition.
Noun
editprop (plural props)
- A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.
Etymology 5
editClipping of propellant.
Noun
editprop (plural props)
- (astronautics) propellant (“rocket fuel”)
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editEtymology 6
editNoun
editprop (plural props)
- (gambling, informal) Short for proposition player.
Etymology 7
editClipping of propagation.
Noun
editprop (plural props)
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editEtymology 8
editClipping of testosterone propionate.
Noun
editprop (uncountable)
- (bodybuilding slang) Testosterone propionate.
- Synonym: test prop
Etymology 9
editNoun
editprop (plural props)
- (obsolete, slang) A blow; the act of striking someone.
- 1899, Eden Phillpotts, The Human Boy Again:
- There was some good counter hits, and then Foster received a prop on the nose which drew the claret.
References
edit- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Catalan prop, from Latin prope.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editprop
- (especially after "a") near, nearby
- No el vull a prop meu ― I don't want him near me
- (followed by "de") near to
- Ja devem ser prop del mar ― Now we must be near to the sea
- (followed by "de") about, around, roughly
- Fa prop de tres-cents anys ― It was about three hundred years ago
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editFurther reading
edit- “prop” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle Dutch proppe. Further etymology unknown.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editprop f or m (plural proppen, diminutive propje n)
- a swab, plug made of paper, cloth, slime or some other suitable material
- a piece of paper or similar which has been crumpled into a ball-like shape, usually though not necessarily with the intent of throwing it away; a wad of paper
- (in compounds) an embolism
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editDescendants
editVerb
editprop
- inflection of proppen:
Indonesian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editprop (plural prop-prop)
- (colloquial) cork plug.
Etymology 2
editFrom English prop (“property”), or a clipping of properti.
Noun
editprop (plural prop-prop)
- (art) property, an item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.
Further reading
edit- “prop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Welsh
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English prop.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales, South Wales) IPA(key): /prɔp/
Noun
editprop
Derived terms
edit- prop penrhydd (“loosehead prop”)
- prop pentynn (“tighthead prop”)
Mutation
editradical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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prop | brop | mhrop | phrop |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
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