filler (word)

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• Filler (linguistics) — In linguistics, fillers are sounds or words that are spoken to fill up gaps in utterances. Different languages have different characteristic filler sounds; in English, the most common filler sounds are uh er and um . Like , y know , and basically …   Wikipedia

• Filler — In general, a filler is something that is used to fill gaps. Specialized meanings of the word filler include:* Filler (animal food), dietary fiber and other ingredients added to pet foods to provide bulk * Filler (linguistics), a sound spoken to… …   Wikipedia

• Filler text — A specimen sheet of typefaces and languages, by William Caslon I, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. It uses as filler text Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? Filler text (also Placeholder text or Dummy text) is text… …   Wikipedia

• filler cap — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms filler cap : singular filler cap plural filler caps British the small round lid that covers the hole where you put the petrol in a car or other vehicle …   English dictionary

• filler — Synonyms and related words: IC analysis, appositive, attribute, attributive, bidet, bush, bushing, carriage horse, cart horse, cavalry horse, complement, construction modifier, cutting, deep structure, direct object, doubling, doublure, draft… …   Moby Thesaurus

• filler — I. noun Date: 15th century one that fills: as a. a substance added to a product (as to increase bulk, weight, viscosity, opacity, or strength) b. a composition used to fill the pores and grain especially of a wood surface before painting or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• filler — filler1 [ fɪlə] noun 1》 something used to fill a gap or cavity, or to increase bulk.     ↘an item serving only to fill space or time in a newspaper, broadcast, or recording.     ↘a word or sound filling a pause in an utterance or conversation… …   English new terms dictionary

• filler — UK [ˈfɪlə(r)] / US [ˈfɪlər] noun Word forms filler : singular filler plural fillers 1) [uncountable] a substance used for repairing holes in walls and in wood 2) [countable] something that you add to a story, broadcast, article, film etc only… …   English dictionary

• Fillér — The fillér was the name of various small change coins throughout Hungarian history. It was the frac|1|100 subdivision of the Austro Hungarian and the Hungarian korona, the pengő and the forint. The name derives from the German word Vierer that… …   Wikipedia

• Filler — Recorded in the spellings of Filer, Filler, and Philler, this is an English medieval occupational surname, although for some nameholders it may have Norman or French antecedents. It originates either from the pre 7th century Olde English feol and …   Surnames reference

• History of the word 'fuck' — In the modern English speaking world, the word fuck is often considered highly offensive. Most English speaking countries censor it on television and radio. A study of the attitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third… …   Wikipedia