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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
props
▶noun informal due respect.
– origin 1990s: from proper respect.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prop1
▶noun
- 1 a pole or beam used as a temporary support.
- 2 a major source of support or assistance.
- 3 (also prop forward) Rugby a forward at either end of the front row of a scrum.
- 4 chiefly Austral. a sudden stop made by a horse moving at speed.
- 1 support with or as with a prop.
■ lean against something else.
- 2 (prop someone/thing up) support or assist someone or something that would otherwise fail or decline.
- 3 chiefly Austral. (of a horse) come to a dead stop with the forelegs rigid.
– origin ME: prob. from MDu. proppe ‘support (for vines)’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prop2
▶noun
- 1 a portable object used on the set of a play or film.
- 2 (props) [treated as sing.] informal, dated a property man or mistress.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prop3
▶noun informal an aircraft propeller.
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