Define Post Up Meaning

To chill or stand at a spot (like a club or a street corner etc). To claim a spot. The term came from drug dealers on street corners, like light posts and street posts, and there you have it POST UP!

Basketball term where a big man like Shaq goes down low (near the basket, establishes a good position, pins his man with his body and asks for the ball.

A phrase commonly used by hipsters to indicate that they want to lean against (or 'post up') against a wall, preferably brick, to smoke a cigarette or drink a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon. Hipsters are led to believe that this is the cool thing to do. If there's no cigarette in hand, some hipsters replace the void with a can of PBR, the well known hipster beer. If they have nothing in hand, they fail at properly being a hipster. Generally, if caught in this scene, the hipsters would lift one leg up and rest the sole of their shoe against the side of the wall, completing their "cool" appearance. When suggested to 'post up,' a fellow hipster knows exactly what he/she is talking about and will usually agree to. It's the hipster thing to do.

To stand up and get into line, like posts in a fence.

A basketball term in which an offensive player pushes his ass into a defender in hopes to push the defender backwards. The goal is to get closer to the hoop and get a basket.

Just chilling or hanging out somewhere, often with others, while leaning on a wall or post and lifting one leg, placing that foot against the surface you are leaning on. Folding the arms is also common, but not necessary.

to show up at a location, chill or hang at a location. go some where or meet with friends or homies

To sit somewhere or lay down watching t.v with a laptop (optional) and doing nothing for extended periods of time, without a care in the world.

to take your place on the street to do some hustling

to raise up, box up, get ready to fight