Indicative of a pause or discontinuance.

(poetic) Full of pauses; slow and irregular.

plural of filled pause

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

plural of normal pause

(idiomatic) To give somebody cause for concern.

A temporary stop in any form of speech.

A pause that gives the impression that it will be followed by something significant.

plural of spoken pause

(animation) The four frames of silence between each line of dialog. The name refers to what would be normal pausing between words in the cadence of someone's typical speech pattern.