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time warp

time warp noun: a hypothetical discontinuity in the flow of time that would uncausally move events from one time period to another.

Noun

time warp (plural time warps)

  1. 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.2021 October 17, Ben Smith, “At Axel Springer, Politico’s New Owner, Allegations of Sex, Lies and a Secret Payment”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. (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. 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. (intransitive, transitive) To travel through time in such a manner.
  2. (intransitive) To perform the time warp dance.

Forms of time warp

Noun
pluraltime warps
alternative formtimewarp
Verb
third-person singular presenttime warps
present participletime warping
past participletime warped
pasttime warped

Questions about time warp

What does time warp mean?
Time warp means a hypothetical discontinuity in the flow of time that would uncausally move events from one time period to another.
What part of speech is time warp?
Time warp can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of time warp?
The plural of time warp is time warps.

Words near time warp in the dictionary

  1. time vampire
  2. time vampires
  3. time violation
  4. time violations
  5. time wage
  6. time warp
  7. time warped
  8. time warping
  9. time warps
  10. time was
  11. time watch

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