Prop
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:10 pts4 letters
Definition of Prop
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- To support or shore up something.
"Try using a phone book to prop up the table where the foot is missing."
- 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 stop suddenly or unexpectedly; derived from the situation where a horse might suddenly halt of its own accord, digging its front hooves into the ground to brace itself from forward movement, potentially unseating its rider.
- To knock (a person) down.
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- A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.
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- Clipping of propellant (“rocket fuel”).
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- A blow; the act of striking someone.
- A scarf pin.<!--possibly different etymology-->