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noun:  An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
noun:  (rugby) The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.
noun:  Any of the seashells in the game of props.
verb:  (transitive, sometimes figurative) To support or shore up something.
verb:  (intransitive) To play rugby in the prop position.
verb:  (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.
verb:  (transitive, UK, slang, obsolete) To knock (a person) down.
noun:  (theater, film) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.
noun:  An item placed within an advertisement in order to suggest a style of living etc.
noun:  The propeller of an aircraft or boat.
verb:  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.
noun:  A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.
noun:  (astronautics) propellant (“rocket fuel”)
noun:  (Internet slang) A part of a plant reared for its multiplication.
noun:  (bodybuilding slang) Testosterone propionate.
noun:  (obsolete, slang) A blow; the act of striking someone.
noun:  (gambling, informal) Short for proposition player. [(gambling) A house player in a casino.]
noun:  (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of propylthiouracil. [(pharmacology, endocrinology) A thioamide drug, used to treat hyperthyroidism by decreasing the amount of thyroid hormone produced by the thyroid gland, which is associated with a risk of agranulocytosis.]
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