FAST-FORWARD

I. noun Usage: often attributive Date: 1948 a function of an electronic device that advances a recording at a higher than normal speed, a state or an instance of rapid advancement , II. verb Date: 1974 transitive verb to advance (a magnetic tape) using the ~ of a tape player, to bypass (as a commercial) by ~ing, intransitive verb to advance a magnetic tape using the ~, to proceed rapidly forward especially in time