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Flashback

//ˈflæʃ.bæk// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
  2. 2
    a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story wordnet
  3. 3
    A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
  4. 4
    an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier) wordnet
  5. 5
    A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.

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

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  1. 6
    The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
  2. 7
    A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.

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

Verb
  1. 1
    To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From flash + back.

Etymology 2

From flash + back.

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