See Also: geebung(dictionary)
hold(1)(dictionary)
hold-down(dictionary)
YAU LEE HOLD(finance)
KIN Y AT HOLD(finance)
WAI KEE HOLD(finance)
HOLD(finance)
MIN XIN HOLD(finance)
Hold(medicine)
Buy and Hold(money)

hold-up (oh) and geebung (iou)


hold-up (oh)



n [C]
a situation that stops something from happening or making progress
-synonym delay delay
ĦĦtraffic hold-ups on the highway
ĦĦDespite the odd hold-up, we finished on time.
informal an attempt to rob a place or person by threatening them with a weapon
ĦĦa bank hold-up
-see also hold up at hold 1

geebung (iou)



geebung noun. L18.
[Aboriginal.]
(The edible fruit of) any of several chiefly Australian trees or shrubs of the genus Persoonia (family Proteaceae).