(slang, idiomatic) stop; wait; whoa.

To hold; to wait for someone at the other end of a telephone connection.

To grasp, seize. / To take root, become established.

(transitive) To extend or offer, propose. / (intransitive) To talk at great length.

(colloquial) A delay or wait. / A robbery at gunpoint. / (bridge) The holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later.

plural of hold-up

(UK, colloquial) Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders.

(nautical) A hold on a ship (a ship's hold includes the forehold and stern hold), used to store cargo during a voyage.

(idiomatic, often imperative) To pause in a conversation for an interruption.

Alternative spelling of holdall