holdup

hold·up  (hldp)

n.

1. An interruption or a delay: What's the holdup? We're in a hurry.

2. An armed robbery.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	holdup - robbery at gunpoint                   armed robbery, stickup, heist robbery - larceny by threat of violence
	2.	holdup - the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time delay disruption, interruption, gap, break - an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" inactivity - being inactive; being less active demurrage - detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure forbearance - a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was alarming" deferment, deferral, postponement - act of putting off to a future time cunctation, procrastination, shillyshally - the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time lag, slowdown, retardation - the act of slowing down or falling behind dalliance, dawdling, trifling - the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working filibuster - (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches lingering, tarriance - the act of tarrying

Translations

holdup [ˈhəʊldʌp]

A. N

1. (= robbery) → atraco m (a mano armada), asalto m (a mano armada)
a bank clerk was injured in the holdup → un empleado del banco resultó herido en el atraco or asalto

2. (= stoppage, delay) → demora f, retraso m
no-one explained the reason for the holdup → nadie explicó el motivo de la demora or del retraso

3. (= traffic jam) → embotellamiento m, atasco m
a holdup on the motorway → un embotellamiento or atasco en la autopista

B. CPD holdup man N → atracador m