fast-forward
Jump through quickly
Fast-forward is to advance rapidly through recorded media, skipping ahead to a later point: I fast-forwarded through the commercials.
The term comes from tape players, where the function physically wound tape forward at high speed.
Now it applies to any media: Fast-forward to the good part.
Figuratively, to fast-forward is to skip ahead in time or narrative: Let's fast-forward to last week.
As a noun, it's the control or mode that performs this function.
Try to find
- scrubClean by rubbing hard
- shuttleShort-distance transport
- cueTrigger for action
- advanceMove or progress forward
jump · scan · preview · playback · timeline · DVR · streaming · binge-watch
seek
Try to find
advance · jump · scan · preview · playback · timeline · DVR · streaming · binge-watch · rewind
accelerate
Increase in velocity
hurry · rush · sprint · turbo · time-lapse · expedite · hasten · velocity · pace · momentum
anticipate
Expect beforehand
preview · forecast · foresee · advance · progress · bypass · shortcut
montage
Assembled sequence of images
- ellipsisMark indicating omitted words
- transitionChange from one state
- prologueIntroductory literary section
- film timeflashback, time lapse, time-lapse, slow motion, slo-mo
- VCR partsplay button, stop button, rewind, pause, eject
- playback controlsplay, pause, stop, rewind, skip
- TV technologyDVR, PVR, timeshift, pause live TV, record
- VHSVHS, VHS tape, videotape, VCR, rewind
- version controlcommit, merge, branch, pull, push
fast-forwardpause
Temporary cessation of activity
play · slow motion · stop · freeze-frame · real-time
fast, forward, fasten, forwards, forwarded, foreword, forwarding, fast-forwarding