1
a
: a usually large printed sheet that often contains pictures and is posted in a public place (as to promote something)
b
: a usually large printed sheet that is put on a wall as decoration
2
: a person who posts something online (see post entry 2 sense 3)
The case is among a growing number of defamation claims nationally that target anonymous Internet posters to websites operated by news media and other owners.—
Jeff Swiatek
Jeff Swiatek
postered; postering; posters
: to put up posters on walls or surfaces : to affix posters to
postered her bedroom walls with images of her favorite athletes
They were not exactly old hands when it came to postering abandoned buildings, walls and fences in the dead of night.—Nancy Kapitanoff
Nancy KapitanoffThat we were in fact postering for so innocuous an event as a poetry reading was cause for greater amusement …—The Baffler
The Baffler
archaic
: a swift traveler
Examples of poster in a Sentence
Noun (2)
we put up a hundred posters announcing the concert
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
The hilarious clip, shared in July on TikTok under the username @chancebeforetherapper, shows the poster following the tabby cat, Stripe, around her dad’s house, trying to become friends, but the cat doesn’t seem to be very interested in her friendship.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Tony Jones, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Kuminga elevated, switched the ball from his right to his left hand, and threw down a poster dunk.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
The hilarious clip, shared in July on TikTok under the username @chancebeforetherapper, shows the poster following the tabby cat, Stripe, around her dad’s house, trying to become friends, but the cat doesn’t seem to be very interested in her friendship.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
In Game 1 against the Knicks in Abu Dhabi, Edgecombe tried to poster New York center Mitchell Robinson, and climbed high up the ladder to do it.
—Tony Jones, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Poster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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