flashback

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.

   Maude Lebowski: What do you do for recreation? / The Dude: Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback.

2. 2
   noun

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

   As noted, that method provides limited support for multi-table flashbacks.

3. 3
   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

4. 4
   noun

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

5. 5
   noun

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

6. 6
   noun

   A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.

7. 7
   noun

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

8. 8
   verb

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

Etymology

From flash + back.