time warp

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Noun

time warp (plural time warps)

  1. (science fiction) A hypothetical discontinuity in the flow of time that would uncausally move events from one time period to another.
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      But as the reports on the Bild investigation suggest, the company’s workplace culture may be stuck in a time warp.
  2. (dance, preceded by definite article) 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. (video games) Acceleration of in-game time relative to real-world time.

Verb

time warp (third-person singular simple present time warps, present participle time warping, simple past and past participle time warped)

  1. (science fiction, transitive, intransitive) To travel through time in such a manner.
  2. (intransitive) To perform the time warp dance.

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