backlash
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/ˈbækˌlæʃ/
English
Definitions
noun
- A sudden backward motion.
- A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.“The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.”
- The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear.
- The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
verb
- To cause or set off a backlash.
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Synonyms
recoilbackfirereboundrepercussionbackslidingretreatretrogressionregressthrowbackregressionsetrollbacksetbackresistancerejectionopposition