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HOLDUP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Robbery at gunpoint
Synonyms:
armed robbery; heist; holdup; stickup
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("holdup" is a kind of...):
robbery (larceny by threat of violence)
Derivation:
hold up (rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
Synonyms:
delay; holdup
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("holdup" is a kind of...):
inactivity (being inactive; being less active)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holdup"):
break; disruption; gap; interruption (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity)
demurrage (detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure)
forbearance (a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting)
deferment; deferral; postponement (act of putting off to a future time)
cunctation; procrastination; shillyshally (the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time)
lag; retardation; slowdown (the act of slowing down or falling behind)
dalliance; dawdling; trifling (the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working)
filibuster ((law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches)
lingering; tarriance (the act of tarrying)
Derivation:
hold up (cause to be slowed down or delayed)
