# timeskip

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. 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.
2. Any case of something jumping ahead in time.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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