backlash | English to English Dictionary

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backlash

('b/&/k,l/&//S/ )

a movement back from an impact(noun.event)

Synonym:
rebound, recoil, repercussion

source: wordnet30
an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence(noun.act)

Example:
There was a backlash of intolerance.

source: wordnet30
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; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.(noun)

source: webster1913

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