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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. 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.
  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

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.

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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 Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English flashback.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌflɛ.ʃiˈbɛ.ki/, /ˌflɛʃˈbɛk/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌflɛʃˈbɛk/, /ˌflɛ.ʃiˈbɛ.ki/

Noun

flashback m (plural flashbacks)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English flashback.

Noun

flashback n (plural flashbackuri)

  1. flashback

Declension

Declension of flashback
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) flashback flashbackul (niște) flashbackuri flashbackurile
genitive/dative (unui) flashback flashbackului (unor) flashbackuri flashbackurilor
vocative flashbackule flashbackurilor

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English flashback.

Pronunciation

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.

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