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timeskip

noun

Etymology

From time + skip, cf. Japanese 時とばし (toki tobashi).

  1. derived from *ksewbʰ-✻
  2. derived from *skupjaną✻
  3. derived from skippen
  4. formed as timeskip — “time + skip”

Definitions

  1. An instance of fast-forwarding a substantial amount of time, such as years or decades, as…

    An instance of fast-forwarding a substantial amount of time, such as years or decades, as a narrative device in a story, quickly aging characters and developing events.

    • Akira Toriyama uses a timeskip to rejoin us with Gokū and friends in Dragon Ball Chapter 113, three years after Gokū leaves Uranai Baba's Palace for his global trek.

  2. Any case of something jumping ahead in time.

    • Now I got one "Corrupted"-file which I erased and the next song had a timeskip. Player just informed me "Skip" and jumped some 10-15 seconds forwards.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for timeskip. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA