Meaning of hold-up in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A delay or wait.

  Example: What is the hold-up?

• A robbery at gunpoint.

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

• 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.