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antiholdup

antiholdup adjective: serving as a deterrent against gunpoint robbery.

Adjective

antiholdup (not comparable)

  1. Serving as a deterrent against gunpoint robbery.
    • German bank officials in Darmstadt are transferring money in a new antiholdup bank van that carries a vat of dye in the top.1972 February, Popular Mechanics, volume 137, number 2, page 20

Origin of antiholdup

From anti- + hold-up.

Questions about antiholdup

What does antiholdup mean?
Antiholdup means serving as a deterrent against gunpoint robbery.
What part of speech is antiholdup?
Antiholdup is an adjective.

Words near antiholdup in the dictionary

  1. antihistoricisms
  2. antihistoricist
  3. antihistoricists
  4. antihistories
  5. antihistory
  6. antiholdup
  7. antihole
  8. antiholes
  9. antiholiday
  10. antiholidays
  11. antiholin

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