flareback

flareback
/flair"bak'/, n.
1. a blast of flame that sometimes issues from the breech of a large gun or cannon when it is opened after firing.
2. a brief, unexpected recurrence: a flareback of winter in May.
[1900-05; n. use of v. phrase flare back]

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