repost

English

Etymology 1

From re- +‎ post.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊst

Verb

repost (third-person singular simple present reposts, present participle reposting, simple past and past participle reposted)

1. (Internet) To post again.

   Maybe I should repost the FAQ for the benefit of newbies.

2. (basketball) To post up again; to reset oneself at the post.
   • 2007 January 1, Howard Beck, “Knicks Have a Hard Time Dealing With Rejection”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     He's starting to learn that when the trap comes to kick it out right away and repost.

Translations

to post again

• Portuguese: repostar (pt)
• Spanish: repostear

Noun

repost (plural reposts)

1. (Internet) The act of posting again; the material thus posted.

   This newsgroup mostly seems to consist of reposts of the FAQ. Doesn't anyone talk?

Translations

the act of posting again, the material thus posted

• Finnish: uudelleenpostaus, uusintajulkaisu
• Japanese: 再掲示 (さいけいじ, saikeiji)
• Korean: 재게시 (jaegesi)
• Portuguese: repostagem f
• Russian: репо́ст (ru) m (repóst)

Etymology 2

Noun

repost

1. Misspelling of riposte.

Anagrams

• eSport, opters, tropes, retops, Perots, Presto, repots, Petros, e-sport, respot, presto, esport, poster, petros, Strope, stoper, sprote, topers, Portes, opster