Meaning

3 senses
  1. A hypothetical discontinuity in the flow of time that would uncausally move events from one time period to another.

  2. 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.

Forms

plural: time warps

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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