"letup" meaning in English

See letup in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: letups [plural], let-up [alternative]
Etymology: Deverbal from let up. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:deverbal|let up|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#deverbal|Deverbal]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "let up", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "deverbal" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "letup", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="letup"> Deverbal from let up. Head templates: {{en-noun}} letup (plural letups)
  1. A pause or period of slackening. Translations (a pause or period of slackening): отслабване (otslabvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), облекчение (oblekčenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), zmírnění [neuter] (Czech), útlum [masculine] (Czech), přestání [neuter] (Czech), zvolnění [neuter] (Czech), uvolnění [neuter] (Czech), polevení [neuter] (Czech), Nachlassen [neuter] (German), lankadás (Hungarian), enyhülés (Hungarian), megállás (Hungarian), szünet (Hungarian), 休み (yasumi) (Japanese), 減少 (genshou) (Japanese), 減速 (gensoku) (Japanese), przerwa [feminine] (Polish), odpoczynek [masculine] (Polish), poluzowanie [neuter] (Polish), ослабле́ние (oslablénije) [neuter] (Russian)

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