props

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/ prɒps /

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noun (usually used with a singular verb)Slang.

proper or due respect or recognition; credit:I give him props for putting up with annoying customers.

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Origin of props

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

Words nearby props

proprioceptive, proprioceptor, proprio motu, proprium, prop root, props, proptech, propter hoc, proptosis, propulsion, prop wash

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How to use props in a sentence

They love them as props or for decorating a white model in black face!
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In the barrios of Los Angeles the gangsters get the most props and respect.
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The home was a direct representation of his character, so in place of dialogue, we used props and set design to convey his story.
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She began operating out of her home garage in 1980, slowly acquiring the many props and tools that would decorate her dungeon.
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What is offensive is having a bunch of African-American women with big booties in your videos twerking as props.
‘Dear White People’: How An Ex-Publicist’s Twitter Became One of the Year’s Most Important Films|Marlow Stern|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Upon such expectation, Allcraft stood—upon such props suffered his aching soul to rest.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
It was almost an hour before help came in the shape of two men carrying some props.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh
There she was, coming toward him from the other end,—and if the props gave way———!
That Lass O' Lowrie's|Frances Hodgson Burnett
Physically and mentally, we have manufactured so many props to lean upon that we can no longer stand on our own feet.
Paris Vistas|Helen Davenport Gibbons
This is dead reckoning, as the theodolite legs have been out of action for some time, splinted together to form tent-props.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson

British Dictionary definitions for props

props

/ (prɒps ) /

pl n

slang, mainly US and Canadian proper respectprops to my dad

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