To nod repeatedly.
The head; the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.
The head as the seat of mental capacity or intellect.
To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point.
To interrupt an activity and wait.
A break or paragraph in writing.
Hesitation; suspense; doubt.
A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.
take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate
A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest.