Pull up
verb PULL-up pʊl ʌp
Also spelled: pull up selecta, pullup
Meaning
To stop a song abruptly and restart it, at the crowd's demand, because a track is hitting hard. Very close to a wheel-up, though 'pull up' stresses the sudden stop before the replay.
Examples
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“Pull up! Pull up! Come again!”
Rewind it! Rewind it! Play it again!
A crowd chant when a tune drops well.
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“Di selecta pull up di song pon di first bar.”
The DJ stopped and restarted the song on the first bar.
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“If di place full up, dem pull up.”
If the crowd goes wild, they rewind it.
Origin
From 'pull up' in the sense of bringing something to a sudden halt, applied to yanking the record back to restart the tune.
How it's used
Interchangeable with wheel-up in most settings. Both signal that a song is a hit with the crowd.