backlash : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: backlash	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for backlash
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backlash n a movement back from an impact [syn: recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash] an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance" v come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble" Synonym(s): backfire, backlash, recoil
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backlash \Back"lash`\, n. [Back, adv. + lash.] (Mech.) 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; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.