Flashback

What do we mean by flashback?

A literary or cinematic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative. noun

The episode or scene depicted by means of this device. noun

A recurring, intensely vivid mental image of a past traumatic experience. noun

An unexpected recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug long after its original use. noun

A vivid memory that arises spontaneously or is provoked by an experience. noun

An experience that has characteristics of an earlier experience. noun

A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene; also, the scene thus introduced. noun

An unusually vivid recollection of a prior experience, often one that is traumatic, such as scenes from combat or a criminal assault, or induced by hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD; when accompanied by hallucinations it is called flashback hallucinosis. noun

A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative noun

A vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs noun

A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug noun

Return in time verb

An unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier) noun

A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story noun

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

A vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs.

A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.

The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.

A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.

When a movie or TV program suspends the current events to let the viewers see something that happened in a character's past. Depending on what you're watching, flashbacks are done either to build character/plot or they are simply a way to make a joke out of past events. Urban Dictionary

When the person you've flashed has flashed you back, presumably in the same method in which you flashed him/her. Urban Dictionary

A psychological phenomenon in which an individual experiences an episode of some of the subjective effects of LSD (this may be a positive or negative experience) long after the drug has been consumed and worn off -- sometimes weeks or months afterward. Despite anecdotal claims that flashbacks are common, studies have shown that these experiences are relatively rare. Debate continues over the nature and causes of flashbacks. Some say flashbacks are a manifestation of post-traumatic stress disorder, not directly related to LSD's mechanism, and varying according to the susceptibility of the individual to the disorder. Many emotionally intense experiences can lead to flashbacks when a person is reminded acutely of the original experience. Several urban legends claim that flashbacks are the result of trace amounts of LSD or related chemicals being dislodged and released into the body after having been crystallized and stored in fat or spinal fluid cells. However, scientific research has disproven this conjecture; LSD is metabolized in the liver, as with many other drugs, and its metabolites are excreted normally in the urine. Drug studies have not confirmed that LSD can cause flashbacks or lasting psychoses Urban Dictionary

When referring to fanfiction, it describes the traumatic repercussions of reading Heat, a Korrasami fanfiction. Urban Dictionary

When you've taken hallucinogens in the past and either you're falling asleep or you smoked weed, you start feeling like you're there again. It's similar to a PTSD flashback Urban Dictionary

When things happen like they did when you were tripping off Lysergic acid diethylamide or Mescaline after the drug has worn off Urban Dictionary

When you remember a (usually) traumatic experience and disconnect all outside distractions. Urban Dictionary

1. When something happens that reminds you of an embarrassing, difficult, or so-disturbing-that-you'll-never-be-able-to-unsee-it event in your life. 2. Actual flashbacks to actual battles. Can happen with PTSD. Urban Dictionary

A painful memory of a childhood raping. Urban Dictionary

Indirect breach of the fourth wall at the end of the movie "Fight Club". When the plot comes around to the opening scene again after two hours of flashback, the Narrator (Edward Norton) states he "still hasn't anything to say", and Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) refers to this as "flashback humour". Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to flashback:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word flashback:
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Words that rhyme with flashback:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe flashback:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective flashback:
query, transaction, archive, database, episodes, technique, time, structure, mytab, phenomena, table.

Consonant match to flashback:
flash back, flush back.

Words that sound like flashback:
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