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time warp

noun

Definitions

  1. A hypothetical discontinuity in the flow of time that would uncausally move events from…

    A hypothetical discontinuity in the flow of time that would uncausally move events from one time period to another.

    • But as the reports on the Bild investigation suggest, the company’s workplace culture may be stuck in a time warp.

  2. A line dance popularized by the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in which the dancers…

    A line dance popularized by the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in which the dancers take a jump to the left, a step to the right, put their hands on their hips, bend their knees, thrust their pelvises, spin in a circle, jump forward and back, and wiggle.

  3. Acceleration of in-game time relative to real-world time.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To travel through time in such a manner.

    2. To perform the time warp dance.

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