To be like a third wheel when you're with a couple. They're getting all lovey and you're standing there "Holding candle"
"Ridha and Raeesa were making out, and it was so awkward. I was just like standing there, holding candle."
You can come with Mojo and I, but you'd just be holding candle...
You can come with Mojo and I, but you'd just be holding candle...
by Paysip December 7, 2011

When a smoker or a compulsive cell phone user continually asks their friends to hold a drink in a bar so that they can participate in the aforementioned activity.
Bar Patron1: Hey, can I bum a hold? I need to light my cigarette.
Bar Patron2: I guess.
Two minutes later.
Bar Patron1: Can I bum a hold. I need to take this call.
Bar Patron2: Really?
Bar Patron2: I guess.
Two minutes later.
Bar Patron1: Can I bum a hold. I need to take this call.
Bar Patron2: Really?
by seadoochrissy September 11, 2009

example: in "everybody hates Chris (TV Show)
Man on street: "yo boy, lemme hold a dollar real quick"
Chris *rolls eyes and empties pockets of cash*
Man on street: "yo boy, lemme hold a dollar real quick"
Chris *rolls eyes and empties pockets of cash*
by notyal October 20, 2008

A TV network paying an actor not to go elsewhere while they are trying to locate a project to star him.
by Golan March 17, 2005

by bookbagfein January 16, 2009

The trip had better be short, or the food won't hold out.
He held out his hand for her to take.
The rebels won't hold out much longer against the Imperial army.
He held out his hand for her to take.
The rebels won't hold out much longer against the Imperial army.
by Black and Crimson December 9, 2008
