Flashback

Quick meaning: Flashback is a noun meaning (authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.

Meaning

(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.

More Meanings

1. Something that evokes old memories; a throwback.
2. A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
3. The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
4. (databases) A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.
5. (intransitive) To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.
6. (psychology) A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.

Example Sentences

As noted, that method provides limited support for multi-table flashbacks.

Maude Lebowski: What do you do for recreation? / The Dude: Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback.

[…] less used and specialized types of queries, including composite queries, hierarchical queries, version flashbacks, and parallel queries.

We danced fast to Martha and the Vandellas, Supremes or even the Beach Boys. Slow to Dusty Springfield or Righteous Brothers (how's that for a heavy flash back?)

Word Forms

• flashbacks
• flashbacking
• flashbacked

Synonyms for flashback

Depending on context, synonyms include analepsis.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include return, back, flash, flashforward, analepsis, backfill.

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