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In a novel or a film, when the action or hero is suddenly transported to another period in history, their past or their future; when two or more stories are told concurrently, but each one is set in a different period of time.
Timeslip occurs in novels such as 'The Historian' and 'The Swan Thieves' by Maria Kostova; 'Holes' by Louis Sacher; 'A Study in Scarlet' by Arthur Conan Doyle; but not 'The Time Traveller's Wife' or "The Time Machine" which are novels about time travel.
Timeslip by Judithea June 18, 2011
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An intentional gap in time used to advance a story without filler material. It is commonly used in film, novels, television and video games, to mark the passage without the intervening events being explained in any great detail, or merely in passing.

Timeskips can be as short as a few hours or bridge entire years' worth of happenings. It can also work in retrograde, though this is not as common.
Go watch a movie. Any time the screen wipes from a daytime scene to a nighttime scene in the same area counts as a timeskip.
timeskip by The Almighty Pez February 21, 2007
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Timeslicer is such an amazing editor. That's it.
i love timeslicer
timeslicer by kylies bestie May 6, 2021

Yogurt post timeskip 

Yogurt but not racist. Still from a third world country called Bulgaria and doesn't know English. Asks who candice is every two minutes.
K1: I like Yogurt post timeskip!
yogurt: Hey guys! Do you know who candice is!
Srakroin: Not again!
top hat dude#: Who is candice?
Slightly similar to a pimp slap a time slap sends you back to a certain decade depending on the strength an style
I will timeslap you back to 1960 if you dont watch it (then waking up at a hippie rave)
Timeslap by lastofadyingbreed December 19, 2008
going to sleep not when youre tired, but just to progress time forward. usually due to depression
Welp I'm bored, I'm just going to timeskip so it'll be tomorrow already.
timeskip by FazeJesus July 26, 2021
A timeslap is a kind of shock that you get when you realize that an event you thought was more recent was in fact a number of years ago. Time has passed so quickly you get a timeslap.
Remember when we went to Japan? That was five years ago.
No way, it couldn't be that long ago. What a Timeslap!
Timeslap by wordchix March 17, 2024