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English

Etymology

flash +? back

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?flæ?bæk/
• Hyphenation: flash?back

Noun

flashback (plural flashbacks)

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

   Synonym: analepsis

2. (psychology) A vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs.

   Coordinate term: reminiscence

3. A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
4. The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
5. (databases) A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.
   • 2004, Kevin Loney, Oracle Database 10g The Complete Reference (page 497)

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

   • 2004, Gavin J. T. Powell, Carol McCullough-Dieter, Oracle SQL: Jumpstart with Examples (page xxv)

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

Derived terms

• (dramatic device): inception flashback
• (flame): flashback arrestor

Descendants

• ? German: Flashback
• ? Spanish: flashback
• ? Norwegian: flashback
• ? Portuguese: flashback

Translations

Verb

flashback (third-person singular simple present flashbacks, present participle flashbacking, simple past and past participle flashbacked)

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

Synonyms

• flash back

See also

• flashforward

Further reading

• flashback (narrative) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• flashback (psychology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• backflash, half-backs, halfbacks

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English flashback.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: flash?back

Noun

flashback m (plural flashbacks, diminutive flashbackje n)

1. flashback

Synonyms

• terugblik

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English flashback.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?fl??.?b?k/, /?fl?.?i.?b?.ki/

Noun

flashback m (plural flashbacks)

1. (narratology) flashback (earlier event inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English flashback.

Noun

flashback m (plural flashbacks)

1. flashback

English

Etymology

From throw +? back.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?????.bæk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???o?.bæk/
• Hyphenation: throw?back

Noun

throwback (plural throwbacks)

1. A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
2. (derogatory) A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient.
3. An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
4. An atavism.
5. A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.

See also

• throw back

References

• throwback on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations