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| backlash | |
| 1. sost. reazione negativa | |
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| backlash | |
| 1. subst. A sudden backward motion. |  |
| 2. subst. A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature. | |
| The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent. | |
| 3. subst. (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. subst. 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. | |
