Holdup

noun

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.nounA delay or wait.

"What is the hold-up?"

2.nounA robbery at gunpoint.

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

3.nounThe holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later.

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

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