(n) :
a reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or [abrupt] nature; 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
"the public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent."
(n) :
a reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or [abrupt] nature; 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
"the public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent."