Definition of Prop

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Definition of Prop

Prop

A shell, used as a die. See Props.

To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building; (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining state.

That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay; as, a prop for a building.

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Prop Quotations

I told Warren if he mentions Prop. 13 one more time, he has to do 500 push-ups.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and son thing, and you kind of worked your way up.
Francis Ford Coppola

We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary responsibility is not to prop up the government, our responsibility is to provide an opposition and an alternative government for Parliament and for Canadians.
Stephen Harper

The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not being yourself, and being in the role; it's just like another prop.
Reese Witherspoon

A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.
Desi Arnaz

Every prop, every shot, every pearl that rolled across the floor was exactly how I wanted it to be.
Melissa Joan Hart

Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now.
Greta Scacchi

I know that I've overfed myself trying to prop myself up because I'm exhausted.
Geri Halliwell

I trained as a theater actor and you had a bare stage and you had to pretend, one prop and you are in the middle of 8th Ave. and traffic is just going by.
Benicio Del Toro

Prop Translations

prop in Dutch is drager, stut, leuning, steun
prop in Italian is sostegno
prop in Portuguese is suporte
prop in Spanish is puntal, sosten, respaldo

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