time warp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hypothetical discontinuity in the flow of time that would uncausally move events from one time period to another.
  2. 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.
verb
  1. To travel through time in such a manner.
  2. To perform the time warp dance.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-time warp.wav

Word forms

time warp time warps timewarp time warping time warped
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