flashback
/หflรฆสbรฆk/IPA: /F L AE1 SH B AE0 K/
noun
- 1
(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
syn:analepsis - 2
A vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs.
- 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
A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.
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verb
- 1
To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.
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