Definitions for backlash

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backlash back·lash

Spelling: [bak-lash]

IPA: /ˈbækˌlæʃ/

Backlash is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 215 anagrams from letters in backlash (aabchkls).

Definitions for backlash

noun

1. a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
2. a strong or violent reaction, as to some social or political change:
3. Machinery. 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. 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)

1. to make or undergo a backlash.

Origin of backlash

First recorded in 1805-15; back² + lash¹

Examples for backlash

Much of his pro-Israel conservative base would have had no problem with these comments, so Cruz may not have expected a backlash.

The backlash brought about the discovery that out of 20 culture editors, the Times has no blacks and only one POC.

Have you seen any kind of backlash like that with So You Think You Can Dance?

Extrapolating Russian history, it would be reasonable to expect a backlash in the form of a counterrevolution.

Many of these individuals may fear a backlash, given the controversial causes that they support.

The backlash from female voters was felt immediately in the polls.

But he was sure of its source; it had not been any backlash of the Red caller!

The backlash of that blast must have caught the majority of the lights also.

The backlash and bad publicity from the escape is much more than the warden ever wanted, but he will have to deal with it.

As these unpleasant truths emerge, the bitterness, resentment and disillusionment will grow and a backlash will develop.