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Flashback

Flashback

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

German

Alternative forms

Noun

Flashback m (genitive Flashbacks, plural Flashbacks)

  1. (psychology, drugs) flashback

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flashback

flashback

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

English

Noun

flashback (plural flashbacks)

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

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Derived terms

  • (flame): flashback arrestor

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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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: flash‧back

Etymology

Borrowing from English flashback.

Noun

flashback m (plural flashbacks, diminutive flashbackje n)

  1. flashback

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English flashback.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌflɛʃ.ˈbɛk/, /ˌflɛ.ʃi.ˈbɛ.ki/

Noun

flashback m (plural flashbacks)

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from English flashback.

Noun

flashback m (plural flashbacks)

  1. flashback