holdup
Stickup or snag
A holdup is a delay or obstruction: What's the holdup?
It also means an armed robbery, especially of a store or bank: a holdup at gunpoint.
The phrase hold up as a verb means to delay, to rob, or to remain valid: That argument doesn't hold up.
Armed robbery
- gunpointAimed weapon's end
- banditArmed roadside thief
- armedCarrying weapons
- heistOrganized large-scale theft
getaway · mask · cash · register · vault · bank · convenience store · demand
Delay until later
- stallEnclosed compartment or delay
- setbackReverse in progress
- slowdownReduction in pace
- snagUnforeseen complication
hitch · bottleneck · backup · jam · gridlock · traffic · queue · lag
Thing that obstructs progress
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- roadblockObstruction across a road
block · hurdle · stumbling block · complication · problem · issue · difficulty · hang-up
stickup
Armed robbery
heist · getaway · mask · cash · register · vault · bank · convenience store · demand · thief
wait
Delay until later
snag · hitch · bottleneck · backup · jam · gridlock · traffic · queue · lag · postponement
impediment
Thing that obstructs progress
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
roadblock · block · hurdle · stumbling block · complication · problem · issue · difficulty · hang-up · catch
- obstructionobstruction, delay, roadblock, blockade, barricade
- compound wordsbookmark, breakdown, sunlight, breakup, snowflake
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- theftstealing, larceny, steal, burglary, robbery
- Westernscowboys, western, outlaws, sheriffs, western novels
holdupacceleration
Rate velocity changes
speedup · expedition · haste · rush · dispatch
holdupdonation
Voluntary charitable gift
gift · voluntary giving · charity · aid · assistance
holduphelp
Assistance given
assistance · aid · boost · facilitation · encouragement
- hold onWait or maintain grip
- holding handsGripping another's palm
- hold upDelay or armed robbery
- hold handsGrasp another's fingers
- hold backPrevent forward movement
- on holdTemporarily not proceeding
hold, holder, holding, holds, withholding, holders, upholding, upholder, hold-up