prop

Meanings

Noun

• An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
• The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.
• One of the seashells in the game of props.
• An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.
• An item placed within an advertisement in order to suggest a style of living etc.
• The propeller of an aircraft.
• A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.

Verb

• To support or shore up something.
• to play rugby in the prop position
• To position the feet of (a person) while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the knees are elevated at a higher level.
• 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.

Origin

• From Middle English proppe, from Middle Dutch proppe. Compare Middle Low German proppe, German Pfropfen, Danish prop.
• Abbreviation of property
• Abbreviation of propeller.
• Abbreviation of proposition.
• Short form of propellant