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Definitions: Holdup |
HoldupNoun1. Robbery at gunpoint. 2. The act of delaying. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "holdup" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1906. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Public Administration | Any time period during which a certain proportion of the liquid introduced into the distillation apparatus is actually in the column or tower as reflux and rising vapor. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: HoldupSynonyms: armed robbery (n), delay (n), heist (n), stickup (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Thief | Spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder; harpy, shark, land shark, falcon, mosstrooper, bushranger, Bedouin, brigand, freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit; pirate, corsair, viking, Paul Jones, buccaneer, buccanier; piqueerer, pickeerer; rover, ranger, privateer, filibuster; rapparee, wrecker, picaroon; smuggler, poacher; abductor, badger, bunko man, cattle thief, chor, contrabandist, crook, hawk, holdup man, hold-up, jackleg, kidnaper, rustler, cattle rustler, sandbagger, sea king, skin, sneak thief, spieler, strong-arm man. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Holdup |
| English words defined with "holdup": highjacker, highwayman, hijacker, holdup man ♦ road agent. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "holdup": holdup time ♦ laundry holdup and monitoring tank. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | A Lucky Holdup (1912) Kitty's Holdup (1912) An Amateur Holdup (1909) | |
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| "Holdup" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Holdup" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "holdup": holdup man ♦ holdup time ♦ laundry holdup and monitoring tank. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
holdup button | 8 |
the holdup | 6 |
holdup pipeline | 4 |
bank holdup | 3 |
cowgirl holdup | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "holdup"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | loupežné přepadení (hold up), dopravní zácpa (stoppage, traffic jam). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مانع شدن (Ail, Debar, Exclude, Hamper, Hinder, Impede, Inhibit, Obstruct, Obturate, Prevent, Rein, Resist, Revoke, Stop, Stymie, Suppress), قفه , توقیف (Arrest, Bail, Constraint, Custody, Durante, Internment, Lockup, Nab, Suppression), بااسلحه سرقت کردن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | temps de rétention (holdup time), soutien, retard, braquage, attaque main armée (hold up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Verweilzeit (chemical lifetime, chemical residence time, dwell, dwell time, holdup time, lifetime, residence time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χρόνος κατακράτησης (holdup time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fegyveres rablótámadás (armed robbery, hold up, hold-up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aggressione (aggression, assault, attack, mugging, raid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olduphay tanque de controlo e retenção da água da lavandaria (laundry holdup and monitoring tank). (various references) задержка (backoff, backset, back-set, check, delay, detention, foot-dragging, hitch, holdback, impediment, lag, lagging, lateness, retardation, retardment, set back, setback, suppression, throwback, time-delay, time-lag). (various references) tanque de retención y observación de la lavandería (laundry holdup and monitoring tank). (various references) การถูกคิ"ราคาแพงเกินไป, การหยุ"ชะงัก, การปล้น (robbery, stickup). (various references) vụ ăn cướp đường tình trạng tắc nghẽn, sự chặn lại để ăn cướp. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "holdup": holdups. (additional references) | |
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"Holdup" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: holda, Holdam, Hoofdorp, Hrolfur, Khaldun, Poldhu. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "holdup" (pronounced hō"ldu'p) |
| 4 | -l d u' p | buildup. |
| 3 | -d u' p | roundup, speedup, standup, windup. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: uphold. | |
| Words within the letters "d-h-l-o-p-u" | |
-2 letters: hold, holp, loud, loup, ouph, plod, updo. | |
-3 letters: dol, duh, duo, dup, hod, hop, hup, lop, old, oud, pod, poh, pol, pud, pul, udo, upo. | |
-4 letters: do, ho, lo, od, oh, op, uh, up. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-h-l-o-p-u" | |
+1 letter: holdups, upholds. | |
+2 letters: ploughed, upholder. | |
+3 letters: upholders, upholding. | |
+4 letters: audiophile, phyllodium, unpolished. | |
+5 letters: audiophiles, copublished, diadelphous, podophyllum, upholstered. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 6F 6C 64 75 70 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... --- .-.. -.. ..- .--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01101111 01101100 01100100 01110101 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H o l d u p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 006F 006C 0064 0075 0070 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)428178708782 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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