How to pronounce “prop”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
• (rugby) The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.
• Any of the seashells in the game of props.
• [Verb]
• (transitive, sometimes figurative) To support or shore up something.
• (intransitive) To play rugby in the prop position.
• (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.
• (intransitive, Australia, New Zealand) 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.
• (transitive, UK, slang, obsolete) To knock (a person) down.

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