poster
verbEtymology From post + -er.
1
To decorate with posters.
- to poster the walls of a bedroom
poster
nounUS /ˈpoʊstɚ/
Etymology From post + -er.
1
A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
- He has posters of his favorite band, sports teams and holiday resorts up.
2
An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.
- I saw a poster for the film on the side of a bus.
3
Internet One who posts a message.
- Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.
4
Informal A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.
Australian rules football
5
Hobbies, Ice hockey, Lifestyle, Skating, Sports Slang A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.
- We got three posters in the third and lost.
6
Ball games, Basketball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A dunk over a defending player.
- Derived terms
26 terms
big-character poster, billposter, fly-poster, four-poster, OP, overposter, posterboard, poster boy, poster child, poster color, posterette, poster girl, posterise, posterish, posterist, posterization, posterize, posterlike, poster paint, poster session, poster stamp, postery, schizoposter, shitposter, top-poster, wanted poster