throwback (redirected from throwbacks)

throw·back  (thrbk)

n.

1. A reversion to a former type or ancestral characteristic.

2. See atavism.

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throwback

Noun

a person or thing that is like something that existed or was common long ago: his ideas were a throwback to old colonial attitudes

Verb

throw back

to remind someone of (something he or she said or did previously) in order to upset him or her: he threw back at me everything I'd said the week before

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	throwback - an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism atavist organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
	2.	throwback - a reappearance of an earlier characteristic atavism, reversion recurrence, return - happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring"
Adj.	1.	throwback - characteristic of an atavist atavistic regressive - opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state

Translations

throwback [ˈθrəubæk] n it's a throwback to (fig) → eso nos lleva de nuevo a

throwback [ˈθrəubæk] n it's a throwback to → ça nous etc ramène à

throwback [ˈθrəubæk] throw n it's a throwback to (reminder) → es erinnert an +acc

throwback [ˈθrəubæk] n it's a throwback to (fig) → ciò risale a