filled pause in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "filled pauses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "filled pause (plural filled pauses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"Uh\", \"um\", and \"well\" are common filled pauses among English speakers.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "er"
        },
        {
          "word": "erm"
        },
        {
          "word": "uh"
        },
        {
          "word": "um"
        },
        {
          "word": "well"
        },
        {
          "word": "you know"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-filled_pause-en-noun-BC--Jon9",
      "links": [
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "filler"
        },
        {
          "word": "filler phrase"
        },
        {
          "word": "hesitation marker"
        },
        {
          "word": "planner"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Filler (linguistics)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "filled pause"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "filled pauses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "filled pause (plural filled pauses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "er"
    },
    {
      "word": "erm"
    },
    {
      "word": "uh"
    },
    {
      "word": "um"
    },
    {
      "word": "well"
    },
    {
      "word": "you know"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"Uh\", \"um\", and \"well\" are common filled pauses among English speakers.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "filler"
        },
        {
          "word": "filler phrase"
        },
        {
          "word": "hesitation marker"
        },
        {
          "word": "planner"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Filler (linguistics)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "filled pause"
}

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"filled pause" meaning in English

Noun

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