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backlash |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Backlash \Back"lash`\, n. [Back, adv + lash.] (Mech.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: backlash n 1: a movement back from an impact [syn: {recoil}, {repercussion}, {rebound}] 2: an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance" v : have an unexpected and undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble" [syn: {backfire}]
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