rewind
Return to start
Rewind means to wind backward—returning tape, film, or other spooled media to an earlier point.
With cassettes and VHS, you had to rewind before returning a rental.
Digital media eliminated the mechanism but kept the word: streaming services still have rewind buttons.
Figuratively, to rewind is to revisit something from the beginning: Let me rewind and explain how we got here.
Analog tape format
- cassetteMagnetic audio cartridge
- videotapeMagnetic film storage
- camcorderPortable video recording device
- BetamaxDefunct videocassette format
spool · fast-forward · playback · eject · pause · recorder · tracking · heads
Another chance given
- repeatDo or say again
- revisitExamine again later
- recapBrief review of events
- instant replayRepeated broadcast of action
slow-motion · playback · review · rerun · go back · start over · from the beginning
Reverse a prior action
Stored past experiences
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- reminisceRecall past experiences fondly
- throwbackReturn to ancestral type
- yesteryearTime not long past
retrospect · remember when · blast from the past · time machine · looking back · hindsight · recollection · bygone
VHS
Analog tape format
- cassetteMagnetic audio cartridge
- videotapeMagnetic film storage
- camcorderPortable video recording device
Betamax · spool · fast-forward · playback · eject · pause · recorder · tracking · heads · capstan
do-over
Another chance given
instant replay · slow-motion · playback · review · rerun · go back · start over · from the beginning
undo
Reverse a prior action
memories
Stored past experiences
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- reminisceRecall past experiences fondly
- throwbackReturn to ancestral type
yesteryear · retrospect · remember when · blast from the past · time machine · looking back · hindsight · recollection · bygone · wistful
projector
Light-casting display device
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- celluloidTransparent flammable synthetic material
- footageRecorded video material
splice · screening · editing · cut · take · dailies · rushes · cinematography · print · negative
- televisionTV, television, broadcast, TV shows, TV series
- Audio/Video Termsstereo, mono, HD, 4K, surround sound
- playback controlsplay, pause, stop, fast-forward, skip
- repetitionagain, repeat, repeated, recurring, recurrence
- reversalsreverse, undo, revert, overturn, flip
- streamingNetflix, Hulu, streaming, stream, YouTube
rewindfast-forward
Accelerated playback mode
fast forward · advance · forward · progress · move forward
- rewind buttonControl returning playback backward