prop
🇺🇸
/prɑːp/
🇬🇧
/prɒp/
noun
R
Something used to hold up or support something else
They used a wooden prop to keep the door open.
R
Something or someone that helps support another thing or person
She used coffee as a prop to stay awake during work.
R
An object used by actors in a play or movie
The actor forgot his prop on stage during the performance.
R
A rugby player in the front row of a scrum
The prop helped push the scrum forward.
verb
R
To support or hold something up
He used a book to prop up his phone on the table.
translation
Something used to hold up or support something else; Something or someone that helps support another thing or person; An object used by actors in a play or movie; A rugby player in the front row of a scrum
To support or hold something up
Word Forms
3rd Present
props
Past
propped
Perfect
propped
Progressive
propping
Plural
props