Meaning

6 senses
  1. A 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

  2. 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

  3. Something that evokes old memories; a throwback.

  4. 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)

  5. The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.

  6. A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.

Examples

18 sentences
  1. This brought flashbacks from that day.

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  2. Lukas saw flashbacks of his life.

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  3. The flashbacks are coming very often now.

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  4. This movie has way too many flashback scenes.

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  5. I still have flashbacks to this night, constantly.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative:
a vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative:

Origin

From flash + back.

From flash + back.

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Forms

plural: flashbacks
Singularflashback
Pluralflashbacks

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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