filler
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5.4
- noun
- /ˈfɪlər/
- Literature
:
artículo de relleno
- Our observations revealed that Janice spent instructional time using filler activities even when students had obviously mastered the skills.
- a filler item
I ended up enjoying it, but it kind of felt like filler.
- I ended up enjoying it, but it kind of felt like filler.
- I mean, I all, I mean, this is another album with no fillers.
- So I emphasize it's not filler, it's just gorgeous stuff, gorgeous stuff.
- It's true that like podcasts and music like Shallow, like funny podcasts or music have been a kind of filler distraction.
- Everything you've said prior to this point has just been filler to stave off having to deliver your answer so much.
- I think it's a good idea and just a boring filler fooled result.
- OK, I will tell you, first and foremost, listen to all the filler.
- The Tumescence of Wind was part Philomena, part filler, a book we coughed our throat throats out reading from.
Examples
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The consensual story containing no forceful behaviors was constructed to serve only as a filler story.
Academic text (2002) -
Most of it was just filler.
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Everything else is just filler.
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You mean, write my own story instead of using a standard filler?
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Items 1, 2, 12, 25, 31, and 33 are filler items and are ignored.
Academic text (2003) -
I watch Supernatural for the story of Sam and Dean, not for filler episodes about random characters.
Blog text (20) -
And believe it or not, some series can make their fillers substantial to the plot.
Blog text (22) -
Before this period, most newspapers used corrections as filler, printing them in tiny type at the end of columns.
Academic text (2017) -
I took Christina Katz's course "Writing and Publishing the Short Stuff," which focused on selling fillers and front-of-the-book pieces.
Academic text (2009) -
The magazine included a short article as filler between the main features.
Compounds
- Informal
A person who gives more drinks or a quick snack that makes you less hungry for a short time
How Important
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Filler comes from fill ('to make full') plus -er ('one that does'). A filler article or item is something used to 'fill' empty space on a page or between the main pieces.