poster
Pronunciation
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈpoʊstɚ/
Noun

poster (plural posters)

  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 post#Verb|posts a message.
    Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.
  4. (ice hockey, slang) A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.
    We got three posters in the third and lost.
Translations Translations Translations Verb

poster (posters, present participle postering; past and past participle postered)

  1. (transitive) To decorate with posters.
    to poster the walls of a bedroom
Noun

poster (plural posters)

  1. (dated) A posthorse.
    • posters at full gallop
  2. (archaic) A swift traveller; a courier.
    • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene iii]:
      posters of the sea and land



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