hold-up

See also: holdup and hold up

English

Noun

hold-up (plural hold-ups)

1. (colloquial) A delay or wait.

   What is the hold-up?

2. a robbery at gunpoint

   This is a hold-up! Give us all your money.

3. (in the plural) Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders.

Translations

a robbery at gunpoint

• Finnish: ryöstö (fi)
• French: hold-up (fr)
• German: bewaffneter Raubüberfall m
• Italian: rapina (it) f, rapina a mano armata
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• Portuguese: latrocínio (pt)
• Russian: грабёж (ru) m (grabjóž), налёт (ru) m (naljót), разбой (ru) m (razboj) (formal)
• Swedish: rån (sv) n

See also

hold up

Anagrams

• Uphold, uphold