English
Etymology
Back, adverb + lash.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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- A reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or [abrupt] nature.
#:* The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.
#:* When someone has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of Autism, daily interactions on and offline may feel like traversing a minefield; you don�t know if where you�ll step next will have a mine, so people with varying forms of Autism may not know if many of the things they�ll say next will cause an unforeseen backlash.
- context|mechanical 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.
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