timeskip

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noun

An instance of fast-forwarding a substantial amount of time, such as years or decades, as a narrative device in a story, quickly aging characters and developing events.

OriginJapanese 時とばし →
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Meanings

nountimeskip (plural timeskips)

plural timeskips

  1. slanglifestyleAn instance of fast-forwarding a substantial amount of time, such as years or decades, as a narrative device in a story, quickly aging characters and developing events.

    Akira Toriyama uses a timeskip to rejoin us with Gokū and friends in Dragon Ball Chapter 113, three years after Gokū leaves Uranai Baba's Palace for his global trek.

    2016, Derek Padula, Dragon Ball Culture Volume 5: Demons, Derek Padula, →ISBN, page 8
  2. Any case of something jumping ahead in time.

    Now I got one "Corrupted"-file which I erased and the next song had a timeskip. Player just informed me "Skip" and jumped some 10-15 seconds forwards.

    2001 January 1, Aake Kinnunen, “Nomad 2 MG memory glitch?”, in creative.products.nomad (Usenet)

Origin

  1. Japanese時とばし
  2. Englishtimeskip

From time + skip, cf. Japanese 時とばし (toki tobashi).

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APA

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

MLA

“timeskip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timeskip. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “timeskip,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timeskip.

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