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props

American  
[props] / prɒps /

noun

(usually used with a singular verb)

  1. proper or due respect or recognition; credit.

    I give him props for putting up with annoying customers.
props British  
/ prɒps /

plural noun

  1. slang proper respect

    props to my dad
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Etymology

Origin of props

1990–95; Americanism; shortening of earlier propers (in the same sense), from proper , adjective

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