Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - fast-forward

 I. noun  Usage: often attributive  Date: 1948  1. a function of an electronic device that advances a recording at a higher than normal speed  2. a state or an instance of rapid advancement put her career in ~  II. verb  Date: 1974  transitive verb  1. to advance (a magnetic tape) using the ~ of a tape player  2. to bypass (as a commercial) by ~ing  intransitive verb  1. to advance a magnetic tape using the ~  2. to proceed rapidly forward especially in time ~ to the future