backlash
Use Backlash in a sentence
noun
1.
a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
2.
a strong or violent reaction, as to some social or political change: a backlash of angry feeling among Southern conservatives within the party.
3.
Machinery.
a.
the space between the thickness of a gear tooth and the width of the space between teeth in the mating gear, designed to allow for a film of lubricant, binding from heat expansion and eccentricity, or manufacturing inaccuracies.
b.
play or lost motion between loosely fitting machine parts.
4.
Angling. a snarled line on a reel, usually caused by a faulty cast.
verb (used without object)
5.
to make or undergo a backlash.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a reaction or recoil between interacting worn or badly fitting parts in a mechanism |
| 2. | the play between parts |
| 3. | a sudden and adverse reaction, esp to a political or social development: a public backlash against the government is inevitable |
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Example sentences
The rich are certainly not the only targets in the current populist backlash.
Hopefully a backlash against tenure will not sweep away reasonable forms of job security and academic freedom.
Two, a great many of us are at risk for the backlash by the ignorant.
As such, any perceived threat to their power is met with a backlash.
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