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Definition of Backlash
1. Verb. Come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect. "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
Generic synonyms: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Happen, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place
Derivative terms: Backfire
2. Noun. A movement back from an impact.
Generic synonyms: Motion, Movement
Specialized synonyms: Bounce, Bouncing, Resilience, Resiliency, Carom, Ricochet
Derivative terms: Rebound, Recoil
3. Noun. An adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence. "There was a backlash of intolerance"
Definition of Backlash
1. n. 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.
Definition of Backlash
1. Noun. A sudden backward motion. ¹
2. Noun. A reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature. ¹
3. 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. ¹
4. Noun. The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion. ¹
5. Verb. To cause or set off a backlash. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Backlash
1. to cause a reaction [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Medical Definition of Backlash
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