flashback
A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological…A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
» This brought flashbacks from that day.
Meaning
6 sensesA dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
Rückblende, Rückblick, Flashback
флэшбэ́кflɛšbɛ́k, ретроспекти́ваretrospektíva, обра́тный кадрobrátnyj kadr
a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
Flashback
воспомина́ниеvospominánije, взгляд в про́шлоеvzgljad v próšloje
Something that evokes old memories; a throwback.
A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
Flashback
an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.
Examples
18 sentencesThis brought flashbacks from that day.
Lukas saw flashbacks of his life.
The flashbacks are coming very often now.
This movie has way too many flashback scenes.
I still have flashbacks to this night, constantly.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From flash + back.From flash + back.
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Forms
plural: flashbacks| Singular | flashback |
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| Plural | flashbacks |
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