"hold-up" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hold-ups [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from hold up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|hold up}} Deverbal from hold up Head templates: {{en-noun}} hold-up (plural hold-ups)
  1. (colloquial) A delay or wait. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: cunctation, holdoff, delay Derived forms: hold-up squad Translations (a delay or wait): Verzögerung [feminine] (German), Stillstand [masculine] (German), Stockung [feminine] (German), Aufhalten [neuter] (German), poślizg [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-hold-up-en-noun-ir-ILxH- Disambiguation of 'a delay or wait': 94 0 2 1 1 2
  2. A robbery at gunpoint. Synonyms: armed robbery, stickup Translations (a robbery at gunpoint): грабеж (grabež) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ryöstö (Finnish), hold-up [masculine] (French), bewaffneter Raubüberfall [masculine] (German), rapina [feminine] (Italian), latrocínio (Portuguese), грабёж (grabjóž) [masculine] (Russian), налёт (naljót) [masculine] (Russian), разбой (razboj) [formal, masculine] (Russian), rån [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hold-up-en-noun-kj2r4z3M Disambiguation of 'a robbery at gunpoint': 0 98 0 0 0 1
  3. (bridge) The holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later. Categories (topical): Bridge
    Sense id: en-hold-up-en-noun-85KLv9CJ Topics: bridge, games
  4. (in the plural) Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders. Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Underwear Translations ((in the plural) Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders): autoreggente [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-hold-up-en-noun-eYlWnIWM Disambiguation of Underwear: 6 5 6 53 10 20 Disambiguation of "(in the plural) Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders": 2 2 5 71 2 17
  5. (military) The inventory of nuclear material within a separation plant. Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-hold-up-en-noun-DziySzBm Topics: government, military, politics, war
  6. (Nigeria) A traffic jam. Tags: Nigeria Categories (topical): Footwear
    Sense id: en-hold-up-en-noun-63BnjkAI Disambiguation of Footwear: 1 7 15 20 2 55 Categories (other): Nigerian English

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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a robbery at gunpoint",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rån"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(in the plural) Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autoreggente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold-up"
}

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