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holdup
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun holdup has 2 senses
- holdup(n = noun.act) armed robbery, heist, stickup - robbery at gunpoint; Array is a kind of robbery
- holdup(n = noun.act) delay - the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time; Array has particulars: break, disruption, gap, interruption, demurrage, forbearance, deferment, deferral, postponement, cunctation, procrastination, shillyshally, lag, retardation, slowdown, dalliance, dawdling, trifling, filibuster, lingering, tarriance
Derived form verb hold up4
is a kind of inactivity
Derived form verb hold up3
CIDE DICTIONARY
holdup, n.
- a robbery, usually at gunpoint. [PJC]
- a delay. [PJC]
- highway robbery{2}. [PJC]
THESAURUS
holdup
afterthought, armed robbery, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, asportation, assault and robbery, banditry, bank robbery, bind, block, blockage, blocking, bureaucratic delay, cattle lifting, cattle stealing, check, clogging, closing up, closure, constriction, cramp, dead time, deceleration, delay, delayage, delayed reaction, detainment, detention, double take, drag, dragging, ease-off, ease-up, exploitation, extortion, fixation, flagging, foot-dragging, gain, halt, hampering, hang-up, heist, highway robbery, hijacking, hindering, hindrance, holdback, hysteresis, impediment, inhibition, interference, interim, interruption, jam, lag, lagging, let, letdown, letup, loan-sharking, logjam, minus acceleration, moratorium, mugging, negativism, nuisance value, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, output lag, overassessment, overcharge, paperasserie, pause, pocket picking, process lag, purse snatching, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, repression, reprieve, resistance, respite, restraint, restriction, retardance, retardation, retardment, robbery, robbing, setback, shylocking, slack-up, slackening, slow-up, slowdown, slowing, slowing down, slowness, slowup, squeeze, stay, stay of execution, stickup, stickup job, stop, stoppage, stranglehold, stricture, suppression, surcharge, suspension, throughput, tie-up, time constants, time lag, time lead, usury, wait
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