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| backlash |
| 1. n. A sudden backward motion. |
| 2. n. A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature. |
| The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent. |
| 3. n. (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. |
| 4. n. The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion. |
| 5. v. To cause or set off a backlash. |
