English noun: holdup |
1. | holdup (act) robbery at gunpoint |
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| Synonyms | armed robbery, heist, stickup |
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| Broader (hypernym) | robbery |
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2. | holdup (act) the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time |
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| Synonyms | delay |
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| Broader (hypernym) | inactivity |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | break, cunctation, dalliance, dawdling, deferment, deferral, demurrage, disruption, filibuster, forbearance, gap, interruption, lag, lingering, postponement, procrastination, retardation, shillyshally, slowdown, tarriance, trifling |
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