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▸ noun: (rugby) The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.
▸ noun: Any of the seashells in the game of props.
▸ verb: (transitive, sometimes figurative) To support or shore up something.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To play rugby in the prop position.
▸ verb: (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.
▸ noun: (theater, film) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.
▸ noun: An item placed within an advertisement in order to suggest a style of living etc.
▸ noun: The propeller of an aircraft or boat.
▸ verb: 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.
▸ noun: A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.
▸ noun: (astronautics) propellant (“rocket fuel”)
▸ noun: (Internet slang) A part of a plant reared for its multiplication.
▸ noun: (bodybuilding slang) Testosterone propionate.
▸ noun: (obsolete, slang) A blow; the act of striking someone.
▸ noun: (gambling, informal) Short for proposition player. [(gambling) A house player in a casino.]
▸ noun: (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of propylthiouracil. [(pharmacology, endocrinology) A thioamide drug, used to treat hyperthyroidism by decreasing the amount of thyroid hormone produced by the thyroid gland, which is associated with a risk of agranulocytosis.]
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prop up,
shore up,
property,
airscrew,
airplane propeller,
Prop.,
proppage,
propper,
underpinning,
foundation,
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