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hold·up

(hōld′ŭp′)
n.
1. An interruption or a delay: What's the holdup? We're in a hurry.
2. An armed robbery.
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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.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:holdup - robbery at gunpoint]holdup - robbery at gunpoint
robbery - larceny by threat of violence
2. holdup - the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
disruption, 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 active
demurrage - detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
forbearance - 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 time
cunctation, procrastination, shillyshally - the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
lag, slowdown, retardation - the act of slowing down or falling behind
dalliance, dawdling, trifling - the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
filibuster - (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
lingering, tarriance - the act of tarrying
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holdup

noun
1. The condition or fact of being made late or slow:
2. The act or crime of taking another's property unlawfully and by force:
Slang: heist, stickup.
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Translations

holdup

[ˈhəʊldʌp]
A. N
1. (= robbery) → atraco m (a mano armada), asalto m (a mano armada)
a bank clerk was injured in the holdup → un empleado del banco resultó herido en el atraco or asalto
2. (= stoppage, delay) → demora f, retraso m
no-one explained the reason for the holdup → nadie explicó el motivo de la demora or del retraso
3. (= traffic jam) → embotellamiento m, atasco m
a holdup on the motorway → un embotellamiento or atasco en la autopista
B. CPD holdup man N → atracador m
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"Wide open" gambling and debauchery made the city pleasing to "trade," but burglaries and holdups did not.
Duane, who had done a job of some sort by himself, and made a truce with the powers, brought over Marie, his little French girl, to share with him; but even that did not avail for long, and in the end he had to give up arguing, and take Jurgis out and introduce him to the saloons and "sporting houses" where the big crooks and "holdup men" hung out.
"Hinkydink" or "Bathhouse John," or others of that ilk, were proprietors of the most notorious dives in Chicago, and also the "gray wolves" of the city council, who gave away the streets of the city to the businessmen; and those who patronized their places were the gamblers and prize fighters who set the law at defiance, and the burglars and holdup men who kept the whole city in terror.
Ned stopped short, thinking he was to be the victim of a holdup, but his fears were allayed when he beheld one of the police force of Shopton confronting him.
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Of last year's 160 holdups in the Chicago area and Rockford, 47 of them, or about 29 percent, occurred "after hours."
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LAHORE -- With Punjab Police going green and trying to develop a soft image, the Excise and Taxation Department seems to be filling the void with an unapologetically aggressive approach towards motorists during back-to-back general holdups against illegal number plates in the metropolis, The Express Tribune has learnt.
Excise Dept fast becoming the new demon
This was not the case last year, or as recently as a few months back, when this same route was considered a high risk for holdups.
Commuting's safer now, but paranoia takes over
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WORCESTER - A Revere man charged in a recent rash of convenience store holdups was ordered held on 60,000ドル cash bail at his arraignment yesterday in Central District Court.
Alleged hold-up man held
In order to gain new knowledge about the influence of distributor structure on the solids distribution in long risers, this work investigates the axial and radial solids distribution and flow development by measuring local solids holdups and particle velocities in two long cylindrical risers of different distributors with fluid cracking catalyst particles and over a wide range of operating conditions.
The influence of distributor structure on the solids distribution and flow development in circulating fluidized beds
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