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| ahem |
a sound as of clearing the throat, used to attract notice, express doubt, or fill in a pause. |
| alexandrine |
(sometimes cap.) in poetry, a twelve-syllable line with alternating unstressed and stressed syllables, usu. with a clear pause after six syllables. [1/2 definitions] |
| comma |
a punctuation mark (,). It is used to separate words, phrases, or other parts of a sentence or list, or to show a pause in speech. It is also used when writing numbers of one thousand or greater to mark off groups of three digits. |
| constant |
going on without a pause. |
| continue |
to keep happening or being; to last for a long time. [2 definitions] |
| glide |
in music, a passing without pause or break from one note to another. [1/9 definitions] |
| halt1 |
to stop or pause. |
| haw2 |
to pause or stumble in speaking, or make a noise indicating a pause or stumble. [2 definitions] |
| hesitate |
to stop or pause because of not feeling sure. |
| interlude |
a pause, space, or event that intervenes; interval. [1/3 definitions] |
| intermission |
a pause or stop between times of activity; recess. |
| interregnum |
any interruption, pause, or gap in the continuity of something. [1/3 definitions] |
| interval |
a pause in activities or events. [1/4 definitions] |
| letup |
a stop, pause, or momentary relief. [1/2 definitions] |
| prompt |
fast and without pause. [1/2 definitions] |
| pull up |
to cause (someone) to stop or pause; check. [1/6 definitions] |
| punctuation |
the process or an instance of adding certain marks, such as the question mark or comma, to groups of written words so as to indicate a pause, subordination, or quotation, or otherwise clarify meaning or inflection. [1/2 definitions] |
| resume |
to start again after a pause or interruption. [1/4 definitions] |
| resumption |
the act or fact of resuming something following a pause or interruption. |
| slur |
in music, to run (notes) together without a pause between them. [1/8 definitions] |
| stop |
to pause for a short visit during a course or journey (often followed by "at," "in," or "by"). [1/10 definitions] |
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