Definition of "hold-up" []

• A delay or wait. (noun)
• A robbery at gunpoint (noun)
• Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders. (noun)

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• "Its talk was full of exit ramps and alternate routes, etcetera, what the cause of the hold-up was and how long it might be."
• "There's a hold-up on where we're going to get electricity, he said, as a heavy rain began to fall."
• "It reminds me of a psychological test I read about years ago, in which you're given the following scenario: you're at the bank when a hold-up occurs."