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Plural of flashback

regular plural

The plural of flashback is flashbacks.

Forms of flashback

Singularflashback /ˈflæʃ.bæk/
Pluralflashbacks
Countablecountable

Flashbacks in a sentence

  • As noted, that method provides limited support for multi-table flashbacks.2004, Kevin Loney, Oracle Database 10g The Complete Reference, page 497
  • Although not strictly in medias res, the film uses flashbacks extensively.From the entry in medias res
  • Her new film is an abstract piece, combining elements of magic realism, flashbacks, and animation but with very little in terms of plot construction.From the entry abstract
  • I lived in the kind of place where your neighbors are always having Vietnam flashbacks.2007, Rodney Carrington, Coming Clean, Center Street, page 15. From the entry Vietnam flashback
  • Essential in music videos and common in flashbacks and dream sequences, the flash cut flickers many images across the screen over a period of a second or two.2006, Chris Kenworthy, Digital Video Production Cookbook, →ISBN, page 79. From the entry flash cut

Meaning of flashback

  1. noun A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
  2. noun A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
  3. noun Something that evokes old memories; a throwback.

Full definition of flashback

Questions about the plural of flashback

What is the plural of flashback?
The plural of flashback is flashbacks.
Is flashback countable?
Flashback is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flashback (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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