BACKLASH
/ĖbƦkĖlƦŹ/
19
Scrabble
21
WWF
B(3) A(1) C(3) K(5) L(1) A(1) S(1) H(4)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/ĖbƦkĖlƦŹ/
noun
- A sudden backward motion.
- A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.“The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.”
- 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.
verb
- To cause or set off a backlash.
Source: Wiktionary
