ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
( -s )
Etymology: hold up
1. : the act or process of holding something up: as
a. : a robbery at the point of a gun
b. : a delay or a stopping of something
a week's holdup in the completion of the plans
specifically : the delay or keeping back of a liquid during fractional distillation or reflex extraction with solvents or of a gas in fluidization
c. : the saving for later use of a card that could win the current trick in a bridge game
2. : an instance of extortion
3. : a place where livestock may be temporarily held on a range