Time Skip

In movies or stories, a 'Time Skip' is a narrative device where the story jumps through time

"The last chapter had a ten-year time skip, and suddenly everyone was having kids, mortgages and unpaid water taxes"

by DictionaryDecimator July 7, 2024

Skip

For exercise or as a game, jump over (a rope).

The girls had engaged in rope skipping.

by Arminkshipper July 9, 2024

Skip

Quickly and covertly leave.

Amidst rumors of a romance, she skipped her home.

by Arminkshipper July 9, 2024

Skip

Flee; vanish

They can't skip off again because of me.

by Arminkshipper July 9, 2024

Skip

Give up on a project, a discussion, or an activity.

We were on the verge of skipping it after taking multiple incorrect turns on the route.

by Arminkshipper July 9, 2024

Skip-Edging

When a video game has a skip button for cutscenes that you have to hold down, and you try to fill the skip bar as much as possible without actually skipping the cutscene.

Yo, this cutscene's boring. Let's do some skip-edging on that skip bar

by Murcielago1992 May 25, 2025

skip angle

the conjuncture within a situation, where the people remaining within said situation are unable to make a decision.

the result of a skip angle happens to be nothing happens, and we move on in order to restore rapport and avoid unnecessary casualties.

in the popular hit game among us

twitch streamer Toast popularized the term (in my opinion)
(wwwtwitchtvdisguisedtoast)
"...yeah i really can't say. its gonna have to be a "skip angle" here...".

my own interpretation, not actual quote.

by Korzail June 10, 2025