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noun
a control on a tape or video recorder for winding the tape forward rapidly: she played the fast forward so the figures jerked about wildly [as modifier]:the fast-forward button a facility for cueing audio equipment by allowing the tape to be played at high speed during fast-forward wind and stopped at the desired place.
verb
(fast-forward) [with object] wind (a tape) forward rapidly: people avoid commercial breaks by fast-forwarding material recorded off-air [no object] move speedily forward in time:the text fast-forwards to 1990
