props

[ props ]

noun

, (usually used with a singular verb)

1. proper or due respect or recognition; credit:

   I give him props for putting up with annoying customers.

props

/ prɒps /

plural noun

1. slang.
   proper respect

   props to my dad

Word History and Origins

Origin of props¹

1990–95; Americanism; shortening of earlier propers (in the same sense), from proper , adjective

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