wormhole

IPA: wˈɝmhɔɫ

A hole burrowed by a worm.
(relativity) A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel.
(programming, slang) A location in a monitor program containing the address of a routine, allowing the user to substitute different functionality.

(transitive) To make porous or permeable through the formation of small holes or tunnels.

Examples of "wormhole" in Sentences

Disappearing Biros ... one such wormhole is undoubtedly the PNB pocket of stab vests.
Even a wormhole is not a “rip” in spacetime, it is just a topological feature in spacetime.
So the performance was disrupted by a prom that came through a wormhole from the year 1987?
This wormhole is then used by the attacker to install coding that turns your PC into an obedient “bot,” reporting to a command-and-control server operated by the “botmaster.”
Now, the idea that a bunch of animals flying rings around a planet can generate a wormhole is new levels of dumb, though I have to admit to liking the creatures themselves and their planet-hoping ways, and it's not like you watch Doctor Who for the science.
Really? why not? if a wormhole is a fold in space so that disparate locations are adjacent to each other (modem-noise-tunnels notwithstanding), doesn't it make sense that the far-away-location is now subject to gravitational and other space/time forces in effect at the close-location? plus, they get to put this to just awesome use later. i'm enjoying the watchathon btw, thanks!