backlash

English

Etymology

From back +‎ lash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbækˌlæʃ/

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• Rhymes: -æʃ

Noun

backlash (countable and uncountable, plural backlashes)

1. A sudden backward motion.
2. A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.

   The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.

3. (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. The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.

Derived terms

• techlash

Translations

sudden backward motion

• Bulgarian: ритане (bg) (ritane)
• Danish: pludselig reaktion (da) c
• Dutch: tegenstroom (nl), verzet (nl)
• Finnish: takapotku
• Greek: αντίδραση (el) f (antídrasi)
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• Italian: reazione (it) f
• Portuguese: coice (pt) m, reação (pt) f
• Spanish: reacción (es) m

violent or abrubt reaction

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反彈／反弹 (zh) (fǎntán), 反弹 (zh) (fǎntán)

• Danish: voldsom reaktion (da) c, voldsom protestreaktion c
• Dutch: tegenstroom (nl), verzet (nl)
• Esperanto: protestreago
• Finnish: vastareaktio (fi)
• French: retour de bâton (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: αντίκτυπος (el) m (antíktypos), εξέγερση (el) f (exégersi)
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• Italian: contraccolpo (it)
• Japanese: バックラッシュ (bakkurasshu)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: sprzeciw (pl) m
• Portuguese: comoção (pt) f, revolta (pt) f, motim (pt) m
• Russian: (обра́тная) реа́кция (ru) f (reákcija), ответка (ru) f (otvetka) (slang), отпор (ru) m (otpor)
• Slovak: negatívna odozva f, silná reakcia, veľký odpor m
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts

• Bulgarian: луфт (bg) (luft), хлабина (bg) (hlabina)
• Danish: spil (da) n
• Dutch: speling (nl)
• Finnish: välys, klappi, löysä (fi)
• French: jeu (fr) m
• German: Spiel (de) n
• Greek: διάκενο (el) n (diákeno)
• Hungarian: holtjáték
• Irish: ligean m
• Italian: gioco (it), passo (it) m
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• Japanese: バックラッシュ (bakkurasshu)
• Polish: luz (pl) m
• Portuguese: jogo (pt) m
• Russian: мёртвый ход m (mjórtvyj xod), люфт (ru) m (ljuft), зазо́р (ru) m (zazór), люфт (ru) m (ljuft), зазо́р (ru) m (zazór), свобо́дный ход (ru) m (svobódnyj xod)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зазор m

  Roman: zazor (sh)

• Slovak: vôľa f
• Spanish: juego (es) m
• Swedish: spel (sv) n

jarring motion in badly fitting machinery

• Bulgarian: биене (bg) n (biene)
• Dutch: speling (nl)
• Finnish: välys, klappi
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• Italian: scuotimento m, stridore m, dissonanza (it) f

Verb

backlash (third-person singular simple present backlashes, present participle backlashing, simple past and past participle backlashed)

1. To cause or set off a backlash.

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Anagrams

• black ash