backlash
- Noun. A sudden backward motion.
- Noun. A reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
- Noun. (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.
- Noun. The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
- Verb. (rfquote-sense) To cause or set off a backlash.
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