Meaning
To roll and gyrate the hips and waist in dance — the signature movement of Caribbean dancing, from 'wine' (to wind/rotate the waist). To 'wine up' yourself is to really get into the dancing, winding energetically to the riddim; to 'wine up pon' someone is to grind against them. Central to soca, dancehall, and Carnival, and quite different from the English 'wine' (the drink).
Examples
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She wine up harself to di soca beat.
She wound her waist energetically to the soca beat.
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Di whole dance a wine up.
The whole dance is winding/gyrating.
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Wine up yuh waist, di riddim sweet!
Roll your waist, the riddim is nice!
Origin
From 'wine' (to wind/rotate the waist) + 'up'; the hip-rolling dance. Distinct from 'wine' the drink. See [[wine]], [[dutty-wine]].
How it’s used
To gyrate the hips in dance; 'wine up pon' = grind against. Not the drink. See [[wine]], [[dutty-wine]].