poster

noun
/ˈpoʊstɚ/US

Etymology

From post + -er, from post (“travel, dispatch”).

  1. derived from postis
  2. derived from post
  3. derived from post
  4. inherited from post
  5. formed as poster — “post + -er

Definitions

  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. One who posts a message.

    • Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.
  4. + 7 more definitions
    1. A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.

    2. A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.

      • We got three posters in the third and lost.
    3. A dunk over a defending player.

    4. To decorate with posters.

      • to poster the walls of a bedroom
    5. A posthorse.

      • we whirled along with four posters at a gallop
    6. A swift traveller

      A swift traveller; a courier.

      • posters of the sea and land
    7. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for poster. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA