fast-forward, audiologist, up-close, close-up

The Hunt for an Affordable Hearing Aid

By TRICIA ROMANO

As with many other services, online retailers offer lower prices than private audiologists and most bricks and mortar stores that have more overhead.

To fast-forward means to move forward through an audio or video recording at a speed faster than that at which it would usually flow. The term "fasten forward" is also used instead of fast-forward.

Cool | 22.09.2009 | 18:30

Dresden Drum Festival

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Cindy Blackman: "the fact I'm a woman is my business. It's all about the beats"

As part of our five minute festival series, we take a look at the Dresden Drum Festival. Part concert, part workshop extravaganza, the festival attracts top musicians from around the world.

• Audio: Dresden Drum Festival
• Audio: DW-RADIO: Cool

For aspiring drummers, the Dresden Drum Festival is a chance to see their heroes up close, ask questions and learn new techniques. For the professionals, it's a gig not to be missed.
Reporter: Cinnamon Nippard

close-up
n.

1. A photograph or a film or television shot in which the subject is tightly framed and shown at a relatively large scale.
2. An intimate view or description.

closeup close'-up' adj. ; adv.


up-close
adj.

1. Being at very close range: provided up-close views of rare fish.
2. Exhibiting or providing detailed information or firsthand knowledge: "up-close glimpses of the big money, big deals, and big decisions of America's entrepreneurial giants" (Harvard Business Review).

upclose up' close' adv.



fast-forward
(făst-fôr'wərd)
n. or fast forward

1. 1. A function on an electronic recording device, such as a videocassette or tape player, that permits rapid advancement of the tape.
   2. The mechanism, such as a button, used to activate this function.
2. Informal. A rapidly changing situation or series of events: "The trial was on fast forward" (Nelson DeMille).

v., -ward·ed, -ward·ing, -wards. v.intr.
To advance a tape rapidly on an electronic recording device.

v.tr.
To advance (a tape) rapidly on such a device.