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filled pause

noun

Definitions

  1. Any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech.

    • Uh, um, and well are common filled pauses among English speakers.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for filled pause. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA