flashback

See also: Flashback, flash back, and Flash-back

English

Etymology

From flash +‎ back.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflæʃ.bæk/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • 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 or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
    Coordinate term: reminiscence
  3. Something that evokes old memories; a throwback.
    • 1971, Georgia Strait, “The Gay Ghetto”, in Body Politic, number 1, page 17:
      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?)
  4. A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
    • 1998, Joel and Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (motion picture):
      Maude Lebowski: What do you do for recreation? / The Dude: Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback.
  5. The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
  6. (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

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

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English flashback.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: flash‧back

Noun

flashback m (plural flashbacks, diminutive flashbackje n)

  1. flashback

Synonyms

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English flashback.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɛʃˌbɛk/, /ˌflɛʃˈbɛk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛk
  • Hyphenation: flàsh‧back

Noun

flashback m (usually invariable, plural (dated) flashbacks)

  1. flashback

Further reading

  • “flashback”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Portuguese

Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from English flashback.

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌflɛ.ʃiˈbɛ.ki/, /ˌflɛʃˈbɛk/
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌflaʃˈbɛk/ [ˌflaʃˈβɛk], /flɛʃˈbɛk/ [flɛʃˈβɛk]
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌflaʃˈbɛk/, /flɛʃˈbɛk/

    • Rhymes: -ɛki, -ɛk

    Noun

    flashback m (plural flashbacks)

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

    Further reading

    Romanian

    Etymology

      Borrowed from English flashback.

      Noun

      flashback n (plural flashbackuri)

      1. flashback

      Declension

      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative-accusative flashback flashbackul flashbackuri flashbackurile
      genitive-dative flashback flashbackului flashbackuri flashbackurilor
      vocative flashbackule flashbackurilor

      Spanish

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

        Unadapted borrowing from English flashback.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈflaʃbak/ [ˈflaʃ.β̞ak], [ˈflaʒβak]
        • Rhymes: -aʃbak
        • Syllabification: flash‧back

        Noun

        flashback m (plural flashbacks)

        1. flashback

        Usage notes

        According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

        Further reading

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