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Backlash (2005)
WordNet
noun
(1) An adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence
"There was a backlash of intolerance"
(2) A movement back from an impact
verb
(3) Come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
"Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A sudden backward motion.
- A reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
- The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.
- 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.