Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blast from the past

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables: blast from the -past
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something or someone that a person has not seen for a long time that evokes nostalgic feelings.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Now there's a golden oldie, a blast from the past, when the heavyweight division was still strong and vibrant and unified (...)"
"In the process, he managed to make the Republican tax cut sound like a blast from the past."
""Ellie!" he shouted. "What a blast from the past! This is just like old times, when you used to walk in that very door!""
"But their early celebration was interrupted by a blast from the past: gubernatorial nominee Bob McDonnell's controversial 1989 graduate-school thesis (...)"

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

blasts from the past (plural)

Phrases

golden oldie

Frequently Paired Words

golden oldie

Questions

What does blast from the past mean?: Something or someone that a person has not seen for a long time that evokes nostalgic feelings.

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