holdup

hold·up

H0238700 (hōld′ŭp′)n.1. An interruption or a delay: What's the holdup? We're in a hurry.2. An armed robbery.

hold•up

(ˈhoʊldˌʌp)

n. 1. a robbery of a person at gunpoint. 2. a delay in the progress of something. 3. an instance of being charged excessively. [1830–40, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	holdup - robbery at gunpoint armed robbery, stickup, heistrobbery - larceny by threat of violence
	2.	holdup - the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later timedelaydisruption, interruption, gap, break - an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"inactivity - being inactive; being less activedemurrage - detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departureforbearance - a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was alarming"deferment, deferral, postponement - act of putting off to a future timecunctation, procrastination, shillyshally - the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later timelag, slowdown, retardation - the act of slowing down or falling behinddalliance, dawdling, trifling - the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of workingfilibuster - (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speecheslingering, tarriance - the act of tarrying

holdup

noun1. The condition or fact of being made late or slow:delay, detainment, lag, retardation.2. The act or crime of taking another's property unlawfully and by force:robbery.Slang: heist, stickup.

Translations

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