| anglais > français | |
| backlash | |
| 1. n. Contrecoup, rebond. | |
| The employer didn't count on a backlash from the employees after the new, harsh, company rules were put in place. | |
| 2. n. Tollé, réaction, objection. | |
| There was a huge backlash against the victorious party in the next election. | |
| 3. n. Jeu, vide entre deux pièces d'un mécanisme d'un serrage ou d'une articulation. | |
| anglais > anglais | |
| 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. |  |