letup

See also: let up and let-up

English

Etymology

From the verb phrase let up.

Noun

letup (plural letups)

1. A pause or period of slackening.

   We waited for a letup in the rain, then we ran home before it started again.

Translations

A pause or period of slackening

• Japanese: 休み (ja) (yasumi), 減少 (ja) (genshou), 減速 (ja) (gensoku)
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• Russian: ослабле́ние (ru) n (oslablénije)

Anagrams

• -tuple, plute, tuple