Word
Backlash
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
back-lash
Definition
- n. - 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.
- noun - A movement back from an impact
- verb - Come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
- noun - An adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence
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