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• n  proper respect
  I have to give my props to the governor for the way he handled the problem
• n  a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
• n  any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie
  before every scene he ran down his checklist of props
• n  a propeller that rotates to push against air
• v  support by placing against something solid or rigid

• The singing is also faster and the traditionally empty stage is now filled with backdrops and props (classical Kunqu required audiences to simply imagine the scene according to .
• As luxury sinks in the recession, high-priced yoga props are hot.
• One possibility: that props staff forgot to blunt that new blade, which, police say, still had the price tag on it.

• prop
• property
• airplane propeller
• airscrew
• prop up
• shore up
• shore

News & Articles

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• GRANT COHN: A.J. Jenkins a sight not to be seen
  Harbaugh props up his 2012 top pick because his reputation rides with Jenkins' progress
  June 13, 2013 - The Santa Rosa Press Democrat
• AMERICA’S HOMETOWN THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION: Floats afloat
  Rummaging through a sodden collection of Thanksgiving parade costumes and props Monday, Cheryl Birch opened a file cabinet and sighed. Inside, the 15-foot Betsy Ross flag she’d had custom made for the town’s annual Thanksgiving parade was a soggy mess. “Now I know how the people in Hurricane Katrina and Sandy feel. I know how they feel to lose everything,” Birch said.
  June 13, 2013 - Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin
• Star Trek exhibit a hit at the fair
  Visitors can see costumes, props and sets from the hit films and TV series.
  June 13, 2013 - U-T San Diego

Quotes

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• Jerry Mitchell in The Age
  We're going to have a national spot on television, and we're going to be half represented,said Jerry Mitchell, the show's director and choreographer. "We're going to be the only musical performing without our props and costumes, which I...
• Barbra Streisand in The Press Association
  They have props and sets, and one of them acts as director. They all have roles,said Streisand.
• Rick Perry in Dallas Morning News
  Any government policy that artificially props up a single industry to the detriment of millions of Americans is bad public policy,Mr. Perry said.