(slang) Respect for, or recognition of, another person; an expression of approval or a special acknowledgment; accolades; praise.

plural of prop / (obsolete) A game of chance using four seashells (each called a prop).

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prop

The act by which something is propped.

present participle of prop

(transitive, sometimes figuratively) To support or shore up something. / (intransitive) To play rugby in the prop position.

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. / One of the seashells in the game of props.

The propeller of an aircraft.

(astronautics) propellant (“rocket fuel”)

To manually start the engine of a propeller-driven aircraft with no electric starter by pulling vigorously on one of the propeller blades using the hands, so that the propeller can catch ignition.