a pause in dialogue

a pause taken for the purposes of comic timing, often to allow the audience

One count pause in speech, action, or poetry.

a brief pause

Directional word used to indicate a pause in an actors speech or action.

a dramatic pause.

1) a one count pause in speech or action. 2) a plot point within a story structure.

A parenthetically noted pause interrupting dialogue, denoted by (beat), for the purpose of indicating a significant shift in the direction of a scene, much in the way that a hinge connects a series of doors.

a pause; to take a break for the purposes of comic timing.