Timeskip
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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. slang
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From time + skip, cf. Japanese 時とばし (toki tobashi).
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