backlash in English dictionary

  • backlash

    Meanings and definitions of "backlash"

    • A sudden backward motion.
    • A reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
    • (mechanics) 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.
    • (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought): To cause or set off a backlash.
    • noun
      A sudden backward motion.
    • noun
      A reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
    • noun
      (mechanics)
      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.
    • noun
      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.
    • sudden backward motion
    • violent or abrubt reaction
    • mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
    • jarring motion in badly fitting machinery
    • A movement back from an impact.
    • noun
      an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance"
    • noun
      a movement back from an impact
    • verb
      come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"; "the political movie backlashed on the Democrats"

    Synonyms of "backlash" in English dictionary

    hap, backfire, pass off are the top synonyms of "backlash" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of backlash

    • backlash ( plural  backlashes)
    • backlash ( third-person singular simple present backlashes, present participle backlashing, simple past and past participle backlashed)
    • backlash (plural backlashes)
    • backlash (third-person singular simple present backlashes, present participle backlashing, simple past and past participle backlashed)
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