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timewarp

timewarp is the alternative spelling of time warp.

Meaning of time warp

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.

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Forms of timewarp

Noun
pluraltimewarps
Verb
third-person singular presenttimewarps
present participletimewarping
past participletimewarped
pasttimewarped

Questions about timewarp

What is timewarp the alternative spelling of?
Timewarp is the alternative spelling of time warp.

Words near timewarp in the dictionary

  1. timetree
  2. timetrees
  3. Timeu
  4. Timeus
  5. timeward
  6. timewarp
  7. timewarps
  8. timewaster
  9. timewasters
  10. timewasting
  11. timewave

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