Definition of flashback Flashback

/flæˈʃbæˌk/ - [flatshbak] - flash•back

We found 7 definitions of flashback from 4 different sources.

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What does flashback mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: flashbacks

flashback - a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
  flash-forward a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
  transition a passage that connects a topic to one that follows
  literature the profession or art of a writer; "her place in literature is secure"
flashback - an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
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  • A flashback is a technique used by writers. It is often used in movies, television and literature. It involves a character remembering something that happened to him in the past. Scrubs is a television show that uses "flashbacks" often.

    The term is also used colloquially, to describe lingering effects of a drug (such as LSD), or memories of a bad experience triggered by things in the present.

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