holdup

Other forms of holdup

plural

holdups·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about holdup

What does holdup mean?

holdup means "robbery at gunpoint". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in holdup?

holdup has 2 syllables: hol-dup. The stress falls on "hol". In IPA it is /ˈhoʊlˌdʌp/.

What is another word for holdup?

Close synonyms include armed robbery, heist, stickup, delay. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is holdup a common word?

holdup is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with holdup?

5 words rhyme with holdup. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.