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.

  2. Lukas saw flashbacks of his life.

  3. The flashbacks are coming very often now.

  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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