fast backward

verb

To cause the playout of (a video, audio, or other digital media file) to move very fast backwards in time, so that when the device is played, it will start at an earlier point.

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Meanings

verbfast backward (third-person singular simple present fast backwards, present participle fast backwarding, simple past and past participle fast backwarded)

present singular third person fast backwards · participle present fast backwarding · participle past fast backwarded · past fast backwarded

  1. transitiveTo cause the playout of (a video, audio, or other digital media file) to move very fast backwards in time, so that when the device is played, it will start at an earlier point.
  2. intransitiveOf a digital media file, to be so moved.
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APA

fast backward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fast%20backward

MLA

“fast backward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fast%20backward. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fast backward,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fast%20backward.

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