hold-up

See also: holdup and hold up

English

Noun

hold-up (plural hold-ups)

  1. (colloquial) A delay or wait.
    What is the hold-up?
  2. a robbery at gunpoint
    This is a hold-up! Give us all your money.
  3. (in the plural) Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders.

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