fast forward

Fast forward is defined as to cause something to advance at quicker than normal speed.

(verb)

An example of fast forward is when you press the button on your remote to jump ahead so you do not have to watch commercials.

See fast forward in Webster's New World College Dictionary

the setting on an electronic playback device, as a VCR, allowing the user to skip portions and advance at an accelerated speed to a later section of a disc, tape, etc.
the act or condition of speeding up and advancing

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to advance to a later time at an accelerated speed

noun

fast forward

See fast forward in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun or fast forward

a. A function on an electronic recording device, such as a videocassette or tape player, that permits rapid advancement of the tape.
b. The mechanism, such as a button, used to activate this function.
Informal A rapidly changing situation or series of events: “The trial was on fast forward” (Nelson DeMille).

verb fast-for·ward·ed, fast-for·ward·ing, fast-for·wards

verb, intransitive

To advance a tape rapidly on an electronic recording device.

verb, transitive

To advance (a tape) rapidly on such a device.

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