props Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun proper respect
    • I have to give my props to the governor for the way he handled the problem
  2. noun a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
    prop.
  3. noun any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie
    property; prop.
    • before every scene he ran down his checklist of props
  4. noun a propeller that rotates to push against air
    airscrew; airplane propeller; prop.
  5. verb support by placing against something solid or rigid
    shore up; prop up; shore; prop.
    • shore and buttress an old building

WordNet

Props noun plural
Definitions
  1. A game of chance, in which four sea shells, each called a prop, are used instead of dice.

Webster 1913