POSTERIZE

Etymology

Verb

posterize (third-person singular simple present posterizes, present participle posterizing, simple past and past participle posterized)

To reduce the number of colors in an image, changing a continuous gradation of tone to several regions of fewer tones, with abrupt changes from one tone to another.

(basketball, slang): To score a slam dunk by leaping over another player.

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• poetizers

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

15 May 2025

PARSIMONIOUS

(adjective) excessively unwilling to spend; ā€œparsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulsesā€; ā€œlived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgenceā€


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