Prop meaning

Noun: prop

Pronunciation: (próp)

Prop meaning:

• A pole or beam placed beneath something to keep it from falling or shaking. (used as a temporary support)

propped, propping, props

Quotations : Selena Gomez – A lot of people would be embarrassed to admit that they were on ‘Barney’, but I embrace the fact. I just had such a wonderful time doing that show. I learned what a camera and prop is, and all that. I learned my manners too, so I guess that’s a good thing!

Martha Plimpton – Cigarettes are an instant signifier in culture. It punctuates a joke, or puts that extra zing on a punch line. I like them as a prop. I think it can be really useful for character and texture and contrast and all of that.

Serj Tankian – I don’t find most people to be as politically engaged as I am. I do find people that appreciate eye-opening events and words, and who want to learn more about what’s going on. I do find people with a lot of opinions. And I get a lot of people who come up to me and give us props for what we do.

Henri Nouwen – For as long as you can remember, you have been a pleader, depending on others to give you an identity. You need not look at that only in a negative way. You wanted to give your heart to others, and you did so quickly and easily. But now you are being asked to let go of all these self-made props and trust that God is enough for you. You must stop being a pleader and reclaim your identity as a free self.

Joan Anderson – Most women I know have, in the service of some greater good, let their very lives wilt on the vine. We’ve dulled our personal lives while propping up everyone else’s, and we’re no longer able to even imagine having any sort of adventure, romance, meaning or purpose for ourselves.

Sample sentences:

1. We have propped the shed’s roof with long poles.
2. Before every scene she ran down her checklist of props.
3. We have consumers spending in a healthy but not excess pace. They are an important prop to the economy but not a major driver.
4. There are some concerns there, which will probably see us including quite a number of props in our training squad so that we can get a handle on it. Getting the front row right is expected to be an evolving process.
5. We got a complaint, and we are investigating it. We are looking at what may have happened with the props.
6. Decent growth in income levels is helping to prop consumer spending. Home demand is holding up nicely and there’s also spillover effect from that.
7. 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.
8. He doesn’t get the national props he deserves. Without him, we would not be sitting here today.
9. We’re requiring they stay off the ground to celebrate. If they are on the ground, they have to get up. They can’t use the ball as a prop, they can’t use anything else as an artificial prop.
10. I’m still amazed how after the actors came on in their costumes how accurate it all looked. Basically we designed the layout of the props on the streets.
11. In choosing where to live or vacation, we may be setting the stage for the play of ourselves, treating nature as a prop.
12. They played well. You’ve got to give props where it’s due. That ball was just bouncing their way, really it was.
13. Give a lot of props up to the offense because they do keep us on the sidelines, well rested and ready to go on the field.
14. There will be just too much risk of geopolitical shocks in 2006 for oil prices to fall sharply and insufficient inventory to really take the props out from underneath oil prices.
15. The cooling housing market is very significant. People have been using equity from their home to prop up their spending.