holdup

Definition

  • noun: a usually brief delay
  • noun: a robbery carried out at gunpoint
  • synonyms: delay

Examples

  • Hey, what's the 'holdup'? [=what is the reason for the delay?]

  • There have been a series of 'holdups' at local banks.

  • a traffic 'holdup'

Movie quotes

  • (..) to run things? Shut up now, News. Not till I get to the good part. "Also known to have participated in the holdup are Flat Nose Curry and News Carver." I just love to read my name in the paper, Butch. So we just forget (..)
    1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid