on hold

suspended, postponed (from the button on a telephone marked hold, used to switch temporarily from the conversation)

Our vacation plans were on hold due to the lack of transportation.

by Light Joker September 28, 2005

On Hold - Ship now

PayPal's stupid way to collect money from your EBay purchases.

Dammit, I can't collect my money because Paypal's blocking it with On Hold - Ship now!

by DeRalle January 14, 2009

put his books on hold

Sexual encounter with someone.

I’d like to put his books on hold.

by Lake House Getaway January 21, 2018

Books on hold

Two girls enjoying an evening together.

Erin and Angie, after drinking several glasses of wine they put their books on hold together (in bed.)

by Lake House Getaway January 21, 2018

Sack on hold

Trying to stop your friend from fucking reckless bitches

Dude, put your sack on hold for now.

by nickdonzo51 June 12, 2018

"music on hold"-grade tune

Refers to a somewhat-"tame"/boring and/or repetitive musical composition that is "okay", but definitely nothing special or "memorable" --- it would merely be something that you might wanna half-listen to while waiting for someone to pick up/get back to you on the phone, be serenaded with over a store's PA system while shopping, or have for soothing your impatience when riding a slow elevator.

The NYC Greyhound station plays light-classical music over the ceiling-speakers to help its patrons to while away the long boring hours during bus-layovers; I appreciate it that they don't simply toss "music on hold"-grade tunes at you for extended periods.

by QuacksO March 25, 2019

"Jeopardy!" theme humming-on-hold

Refers to da substitute-for-grumbling-at-a delay vocal action dat you engage in while unexpectedly/unavoidably having to wait for something basic or mundane to occur, such as for equipment to warm up, someone to answer da phone, a web-page to load on an internet-computer, etc. Great for when you're either babysitting children (for whom soft singing is often an effectively-calming/soothing way of "placating them for a few" till a desired action/event can happen) or presently have one or more adult-colleagues there who need certain actions and/or information-locating performed on their behalf, and so you are sympathetically showing them dat you hate having to be held up, as well, just da same as they do.

Everyone loves da catchy "Alex Trebek waiting for da contestants to think of an answer" melody, so performing a round of "Jeopardy!" theme humming-on-hold can work wonders to make everyone feel less grumpy/impatient at having to take a little longer than normal for something they want to happen.

by QuacksO December 16, 2023