flashback

Noun

1. A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
2. A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, 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.
5. A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.

Verb

To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈflæʃ.bæk/

Etymology

From flash + back.

Synonyms

cutback

backfire

flash-back

analepsis

reminiscence

retrospection

retrospective

temper

tempering

association

mental image

draw the temper

backflash

memory

memory image

memory picture

drawing-back

tempering drawing

blazing off

throwback

flash

recalls

recollection