time warp

plural time warps · alternative timewarp

1. literatureA 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 articledanceA 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 gamesAcceleration of in-game time relative to real-world time.

present singular third person time warps · participle present time warping · participle past time warped · past time warped · alternative timewarp

1. intransitivetransitiveliteratureTo travel through time in such a manner.
2. intransitiveTo perform the time warp dance.