"filler" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɪlə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɪlɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-filler.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fillers [plural]
enPR: fĭlʹər [General-American] Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ) Etymology: fill + -er Etymology templates: {{affix|en|fill|-er|id2=agent noun}} fill + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} filler (plural fillers)
  1. One who fills.
    Sense id: en-filler-en-noun-Ci3CUrx2
  2. Something added to fill a space or add weight or size. Translations (something added to fill a space): пълнеж (pǎlnež) [masculine] (Bulgarian), filler [masculine] (French), rebo [masculine] (Galician), フィラー (firā) (Japanese), wypełniacz [masculine] (Polish), zapchajdziura [derogatory, feminine] (Polish), наполнитель (napolnitel') [masculine] (Russian), výplň (Slovak), vata (Slovak), vypchávka (Slovak), напо́внювач (napóvnjuvač) [masculine] (Ukrainian), llenwad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-filler-en-noun-LZ6PFl6q Disambiguation of 'something added to fill a space': 5 34 12 1 6 1 1 11 2 2 10 1 15
  3. Any semisolid substance used to fill gaps, cracks or pores. Translations (substance used to fill gaps, cracks, pores): Spachtelmasse [feminine] (German), Füllmasse [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-filler-en-noun-YKrnKg0L Disambiguation of 'substance used to fill gaps, cracks, pores': 2 6 35 13 1 1 1 14 7 2 5 1 12
  4. (cosmetic surgery) A dermal filler, a substance injected beneath the skin to restore lost volume.
    Sense id: en-filler-en-noun-g4BZJA0D
  5. A relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics; a bulking agent. Translations (a relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics): пълнител (pǎlnitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), σφράγισμα (sfrágisma) [neuter] (Greek), substancja pomocnicza [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-filler-en-noun-PFcWi7aW Disambiguation of 'a relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics': 1 4 2 2 71 1 0 2 1 8 2 1 6
  6. A short article in a newspaper or magazine.
    Sense id: en-filler-en-noun-InXaei3H
  7. A short piece of music or an announcement between radio or TV programmes.
    Sense id: en-filler-en-noun-BxraUbHa
  8. Any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause. Translations (any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause): stopwoord [neuter] (Dutch), Füllwort [neuter] (German), töltelékszó (Hungarian), hikorð [neuter] (Icelandic), フィラー (firā) (Japanese), слово-паразит (slovo-parazit) (Russian), muletilla [feminine] (Spanish), coletilla [feminine] (Spanish), latiguillo [masculine] (Spanish), слово-паразит (slovo-parazyt) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-filler-en-noun-6HIdOdye Disambiguation of 'any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause': 1 3 11 1 1 1 0 64 4 2 3 3 6
  9. Cut tobacco used to make up the body of a cigar.
    Sense id: en-filler-en-noun-eTFKI1Gm
  10. (programming) In COBOL, the description of an unnamed part of a record that contains no data relevant to a given context (normally capitalised when in a data division). Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-filler-en-noun-AVq4fPq- Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  11. (horticulture) A plant that lacks a distinctive shape and can fill inconvenient spaces around other plants in pots or gardens. Categories (topical): Horticulture
    Sense id: en-filler-en-noun-EpykmUyP Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle
  12. (forestry, usually in the plural) Any standing tree or standard higher than the surrounding coppice in the form of forest known as "coppice under standards". Tags: plural-normally Categories (topical): Forestry
    Sense id: en-filler-en-noun-8ioPGs0V Topics: business, forestry
  13. (television, music) material of lower cost or quality that is used to fill a certain television time slot or physical medium, such as a music album Categories (topical): Music, Television
    Sense id: en-filler-en-noun-FSBhe2Dr Topics: broadcasting, entertainment, lifestyle, media, music, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: filler cap, filler phrase, filler-upper, filler word, floor-filler, stocking filler

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2014 April, Ken Seufert, “The New Dawn of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Innovative Solutions for Unprecedented Challenges”, in American Pharmaceutical Review, 17(3):9",
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          "sense": "a relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "stopwoord"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Füllwort"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
          "word": "töltelékszó"
        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "hikorð"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "firā",
          "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
          "word": "フィラー"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slovo-parazit",
          "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
          "word": "слово-паразит"
        },
        {
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "muletilla"
        },
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          "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
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          "word": "coletilla"
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          "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
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          "word": "latiguillo"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "slovo-parazyt",
          "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
          "word": "слово-паразит"
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            "Applied sciences",
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        "(forestry, usually in the plural) Any standing tree or standard higher than the surrounding coppice in the form of forest known as \"coppice under standards\"."
      ],
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          "name": "Music",
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        "lifestyle",
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɪlɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪlə(ɹ)"
    },
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        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    },
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      "enpr": "fĭlʹər",
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        "General-American"
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}
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    },
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    },
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    }
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "One who fills."
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1977, Stereo Review, volume 38, page 70",
          "text": "I recommend this album in the face of the fact that five of the eleven songs are the purest filler, dull instrumentals with a harmonica rifling over an indifferent rhythm section. The rest is magnificent[…]",
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        }
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          "fill"
        ],
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          "space"
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          "weight",
          "weight"
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          "size",
          "size"
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          "substance"
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          "crack"
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          "pore",
          "pore"
        ]
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2023-01-24, Amy Synnott, quoting Dr. Drank, “Those Weight Loss Drugs May Do a Number on Your Face”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "A 50-year-old patient will come in, and suddenly, she’s super-skinny and needs filler, which she never needed before.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A dermal filler, a substance injected beneath the skin to restore lost volume."
      ],
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          "cosmetic surgery",
          "cosmetic surgery"
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          "dermal",
          "dermal"
        ]
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        "(cosmetic surgery) A dermal filler, a substance injected beneath the skin to restore lost volume."
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        {
          "ref": "2014 April, Ken Seufert, “The New Dawn of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Innovative Solutions for Unprecedented Challenges”, in American Pharmaceutical Review, 17(3):9",
          "text": "The word \"filler\" is taboo in the excipient world.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics; a bulking agent."
      ],
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          "inert"
        ],
        [
          "characteristics",
          "characteristics"
        ],
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          "bulking agent",
          "bulking agent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A short article in a newspaper or magazine."
      ],
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        [
          "article",
          "article"
        ],
        [
          "newspaper",
          "newspaper"
        ],
        [
          "magazine",
          "magazine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A short piece of music or an announcement between radio or TV programmes."
      ],
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        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "announcement",
          "announcement"
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        [
          "radio",
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        [
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          "TV"
        ],
        [
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          "programme"
        ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause."
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          "speech"
        ],
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          "filled pause"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Cut tobacco used to make up the body of a cigar."
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        [
          "Cut",
          "cut"
        ],
        [
          "tobacco",
          "tobacco"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ],
        [
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          "cigar"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "en:Programming"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In COBOL, the description of an unnamed part of a record that contains no data relevant to a given context (normally capitalised when in a data division)."
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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        "A plant that lacks a distinctive shape and can fill inconvenient spaces around other plants in pots or gardens."
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          "horticulture"
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        [
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          "plant"
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        "(horticulture) A plant that lacks a distinctive shape and can fill inconvenient spaces around other plants in pots or gardens."
      ],
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        "agriculture",
        "business",
        "horticulture",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any standing tree or standard higher than the surrounding coppice in the form of forest known as \"coppice under standards\"."
      ],
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        [
          "forestry",
          "forestry"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ],
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          "standard"
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        [
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          "coppice"
        ]
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        "plural-normally"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "forestry"
      ]
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        "en:Television"
      ],
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          "television"
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          "music",
          "music"
        ]
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      ],
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        "lifestyle",
        "media",
        "music",
        "television"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɪlɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪlə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-filler.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-filler.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-filler.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "fĭlʹər",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎlnež",
      "sense": "something added to fill a space",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пълнеж"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something added to fill a space",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "filler"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "something added to fill a space",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rebo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "firā",
      "sense": "something added to fill a space",
      "word": "フィラー"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something added to fill a space",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wypełniacz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something added to fill a space",
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zapchajdziura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "napolnitel'",
      "sense": "something added to fill a space",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "наполнитель"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "something added to fill a space",
      "word": "výplň"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "something added to fill a space",
      "word": "vata"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "something added to fill a space",
      "word": "vypchávka"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "napóvnjuvač",
      "sense": "something added to fill a space",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "напо́внювач"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "something added to fill a space",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llenwad"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "substance used to fill gaps, cracks, pores",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spachtelmasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "substance used to fill gaps, cracks, pores",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Füllmasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎlnitel",
      "sense": "a relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пълнител"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sfrágisma",
      "sense": "a relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σφράγισμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "substancja pomocnicza"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stopwoord"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Füllwort"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
      "word": "töltelékszó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hikorð"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "firā",
      "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
      "word": "フィラー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slovo-parazit",
      "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
      "word": "слово-паразит"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muletilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coletilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "latiguillo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "slovo-parazyt",
      "sense": "any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause",
      "word": "слово-паразит"
    }
  ],
  "word": "filler"
}

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