hold-up
/ˈhəʊld ʌp/noun
उच्चारण होल्ड अप
रुकावट, देरी, अड़चन
Core word
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a situation in which something is stopped or delayed
रुकावट, देरी, अड़चन
- There was a long hold-up on the highway because of an accident.
- What's the hold-up? We should have started by now.
- The hold-up on the bridge made us late for the exam.
+ 2 more examples
- A signal failure caused a long hold-up on the railway line.
- The hold-up in building the road is due to land disputes.
Synonyms delay wait stoppage bottleneck
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[C]
an act of stealing from a bank or shop by somebody using a gun
(हथियार के बल पर) लूट, डकैती
- Two men were arrested after the bank hold-up.
- The shopkeeper was badly shaken for days after the hold-up at his store.
- The police arrested the gang after the hold-up at the jewellery shop.
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- The cashier stayed calm during the hold-up.
- CCTV footage helped the police to solve the hold-up.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
a hold-up (countable noun, delay)
A hold-up is a situation in which something is stopped or delayed, often on the road.
'Hold-up' ऐसी स्थिति है जिसमें कोई चीज़ रुक जाती है या देर से होती है, प्रायः सड़क पर।
- There was a long hold-up on the highway.
- A hold-up at the gate delayed the whole procession.
a hold-up (countable noun, robbery)
It also means an armed robbery of a bank, shop or person.
इसका अर्थ बैंक, दुकान या व्यक्ति की हथियार के बल पर की गई लूट भी है।
- Two men carried out a hold-up at the jewellery shop.
- The bank clerk was injured in the hold-up.
hold-up in / on / at + place or process
In and at show where the delay happened; in also links to a process, as in a hold-up in the project.
'In' और 'at' बताते हैं कि देरी कहाँ हुई; 'in' किसी प्रक्रिया से भी जुड़ता है, जैसे परियोजना में देरी।
- There was a hold-up in the delivery of textbooks.
- A hold-up at the level crossing made us late.
hold-up (noun) vs hold up (phrasal verb)
The noun is written with a hyphen; the verb phrase is two words, and means to delay or to rob.
Noun हाइफ़न के साथ लिखा जाता है; क्रिया-रूप दो शब्दों में है और इसका अर्थ देर करना या लूटना है।
- A fallen tree held up the traffic.
- Masked men held up the bank.
hold-up vs holdup (spelling)
British dictionaries prefer hold-up with a hyphen; holdup also appears in American writing.
ब्रिटिश कोशों में हाइफ़न वाला 'hold-up' पसंद किया जाता है; अमेरिकी लेखन में 'holdup' भी मिलता है।
- The report described the hold-up in great detail.
+Collocations 4
adjective + hold-up
longunexpectedarmedbankminortraffic
- An unexpected hold-up kept us waiting at the crossing for an hour.
verb + hold-up
causereportcarry outfoilstageexperience
- The police foiled a hold-up at the petrol pump.
hold-up + cause
bad weatheran accidenta strikea paperwork delaya signal failure
- A signal failure was the hold-up behind the late train.
hold-up + noun
gangattemptvictimsuspect
- The hold-up suspect was arrested within hours.
“More examples 7
- The hold-up in sanctioning the loan worried the family.
ऋण स्वीकृत होने में हुई देरी से परिवार चिंतित हो गया।
- Rain caused a hold-up on the road to the airport.
बारिश के कारण हवाई अड्डे की सड़क पर रुकावट आ गई।
- The cashier pressed the alarm during the hold-up.
लूट के दौरान कैशियर ने अलार्म दबा दिया।
- Radhika missed the first paper because of a hold-up at the railway crossing.
रेलवे क्रॉसिंग पर रुकावट के कारण राधिका का पहला पर्चा छूट गया।
- There has been a hold-up in the publication of the results.
परिणामों के प्रकाशन में देरी हो गई है।
- The film is about a daring bank hold-up in a small town.
फ़िल्म एक छोटे नगर में बैंक की दुस्साहसिक लूट पर आधारित है।
- The hold-up on the bridge lasted nearly two hours.
पुल पर लगी रुकावट लगभग दो घंटे चली।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words all mean delay, but they differ in cause and tone.
ये सभी शब्द देरी बताते हैं, पर कारण और भाव में अंतर है।
A stoppage, usually unexpected, in traffic or a process; also an armed robbery.
यातायात या प्रक्रिया में अप्रत्याशित रुकावट; साथ ही हथियारबंद लूट।
- A hold-up at the gate delayed the guests.
The general word for being late or making something late.
देर होने या देर करने के लिए सामान्य शब्द।
- The flight has a two-hour delay.
A small problem that causes a short delay.
छोटी समस्या जिससे थोड़ी देरी होती है।
- There was a hitch in the ticket booking.
§Grammar and usage
The noun is written hold-up, with a hyphen, but the phrasal verb is two words, as in 'Heavy traffic held us up'.
Noun को hyphen के साथ hold-up लिखा जाता है, पर phrasal verb दो अलग शब्द होते हैं, जैसे 'Heavy traffic held us up'।