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fast-forward

fast-forward [verb]

If you fast-forward a recording, or if it fast-forwards, you make it play at very high speed so that you get to the end or a later part more quickly

US

/ˌfæstˈfɔːr.wɚd/

UK

/ˌfɑːstˈfɔː.wəd/

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I hate this song - I'll fast-forward to the next one.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

fast-forward

ˌfast-ˈforward BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive]
1. to wind a tape or video forwards quickly without playing it
2. to move quickly to a later point in a story
fast-forward to
Fast-forward to York at the turn of the century.
—fast-forward noun [uncountable]

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fast-forward

ˌfast-ˈforward [fast forward fast-forward] verb

1. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) to wind a tape or video forward without playing it

2. intransitive ~ to sth | + adv./prep. to move quickly forwards in time, especially to a later point in a story
• The action then fast-forwards to Ettore as a young man.

Derived Word: fast forward

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

ˌ fast- ˈ forward / ˌfɑːstˈfɔː.wəd / / ˌfæstˈfɔːr.wɚd / verb [ I or T ]

If you fast-forward a recording, or if it fast-forwards, you make it play at very high speed so that you get to the end or a later part more quickly:

I hate this song - I'll fast-forward to the next one.

The tape jammed while I was fast-forwarding it.

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

fast forward

also fast-forward
(fast forwards, fast forwarding, fast forwarded)

1.
When you fast forward the tape in a video or tape recorder or when you fast forward, you make the tape go forwards. Compare rewind.
Just fast forward the video...
He fast-forwarded the tape past the explosion...
The urge to fast-forward is almost irresistible.
VERB: V n, V n prep/adv, V, also V prep/adv

2.
If you put a video or cassette tape on fast forward, you make the tape go forwards. Compare rewind.
Before recording onto a new tape, wind it on fast forward, then rewind...
N-UNCOUNT: oft on N

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

fast-forward

²fast–forward verb -wards; -ward·ed; -ward·ing
1 [+ obj] : to cause (a recording) to go forward at a speed that is faster than normal
• We fast-forwarded the tape to get to the last song.
- opposite ¹rewind
2 [no obj] : to move forward through time quickly
• He wished he could fast-forward to the future, when he would no longer be a student.