hold-up

== English == === Etymology === A deverbal from hold up. === Noun === hold-up (plural hold-ups) (colloquial) A delay or wait. Synonyms: cunctation, holdoff; see also Thesaurus:delay (slang) A robbery at gunpoint. Synonyms: armed robbery, stickup (bridge) The holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later. (in the plural) Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders. (military) The inventory of nuclear material within a separation plant. 1978, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Intelligence and Military Application of Nuclear Energy Subcommittee, Hearings on H.R. 11036 (H.R. 11686) (page 361) And to the left is a portable gamma counter that tells us the holdup of plutonium recovery facilities. (Nigeria) A traffic jam. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: holdap → French: hold-up → Tagalog: holdap ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Uphold, uphold == French == === Alternative forms === holdup === Etymology === Borrowed from English hold-up. === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔl.dœp/ === Noun === hold-up m (invariable) hold-up (robbery) === Further reading === “hold-up”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012