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FLASHBACK definition: 1. a short part of a film, story, or play that goes back to events in the past: 2. a sudden, clear…. Learn more.
a short part of a movie, story, or play that goes back to events in the past: flashback to The novel began with a flashback to the hero's experiences in the war. C2 [ C usually plural ] a sudden, clear memory of a past event or time, usually one that was bad: I kept having flashbacks of her lying there bleeding.
BACKFLASH definition: a flashback | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
noun. plural -es. 1. : flashback. 2. : the act or an instance of backflashing. 3. : a groove formed around the outer portion of the flash to receive the metal squeezed through the flash in sinking an upper die. called also gutter.
Backflash definition: a flashback. See examples of BACKFLASH used in a sentence.
flashback. noun. /ˈflæʃbæk/. /ˈflæʃbæk/. [countable, uncountable] a part of a film, play, etc. that shows a scene that happened earlier in time than the main story. The events that led up to the murder were shown in a series of flashbacks. The reader is told the story in flashback. Wordfinder.
Synonyms of flashback. 1. : a recession of flame to an unwanted position (as into a blowpipe) 2. a. : interruption of chronological sequence (as in a film or literary work) by interjection of events of earlier occurrence. also : an instance of flashback. b. : a past incident recurring vividly in the mind.
