backlash

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• /ˈbækˌlæʃ/
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From back- + lash.

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: ритане (ritane) — sudden backward motion
• Danish: pludselig reaktion — sudden backward motion
• Dutch: tegenstroom — sudden backward motion
• Dutch: verzet — sudden backward motion
• Finnish: takapotku — sudden backward motion
• German: zurückspringen — sudden backward motion
• German: wegspringen — sudden backward motion
• German: Reaktion — sudden backward motion
• German: Rückwirkung — sudden backward motion
• Greek: αντίδραση (antídrasi) — sudden backward motion
• Italian: reazione — sudden backward motion
• Portuguese: coice — sudden backward motion
• Portuguese: reação — sudden backward motion
• Spanish: reacción opuesta — sudden backward motion
• Spanish: contragolpe — sudden backward motion
• Arabic: رَدّ فِعْل عَنِيف (radd fiʕl ʕanīf) — violent or abrupt reaction
• Chinese Mandarin: 反彈 /反弹 (fǎntán) — violent or abrupt reaction
• Danish: voldsom reaktion — violent or abrupt reaction
• Danish: voldsom protestreaktion — violent or abrupt reaction
• Dutch: tegenstroom — violent or abrupt reaction
• Dutch: verzet — violent or abrupt reaction
• Esperanto: protestreago — violent or abrupt reaction
• Finnish: vastareaktio — violent or abrupt reaction
• French: retour de bâton — violent or abrupt reaction
• French: retour de manivelle — violent or abrupt reaction
• Georgian: საპირისპირო რეაქცია (saṗirisṗiro reakcia) — violent or abrupt reaction
• Georgian: უარყოფითი რეაქცია (uarq̇opiti reakcia) — violent or abrupt reaction
• Georgian: ძლიერი უარყოფითი რეაქცია (ʒlieri uarq̇opiti reakcia) — violent or abrupt reaction
• German: Gegenreaktion — violent or abrupt reaction
• German: Ausbruch — violent or abrupt reaction
• German: Rückstoß — violent or abrupt reaction
• German: Aufschrei — violent or abrupt reaction
• Greek: αντίκτυπος (antíktypos) — violent or abrupt reaction
• Greek: εξέγερση (exégersi) — violent or abrupt reaction
• Italian: contraccolpo — violent or abrupt reaction
• Japanese: バックラッシュ (bakkurasshu) — violent or abrupt reaction
• Polish: sprzeciw — violent or abrupt reaction
• Portuguese: comoção — violent or abrupt reaction
• Portuguese: revolta — violent or abrupt reaction
• Portuguese: motim — violent or abrupt reaction
• Russian: реа́кция (reákcija) — violent or abrupt reaction
• Russian: ответка (otvetka) — violent or abrupt reaction
• Russian: отпор (otpor) — violent or abrupt reaction
• Slovak: negatívna odozva — violent or abrupt reaction
• Slovak: silná reakcia — violent or abrupt reaction
• Slovak: veľký odpor — violent or abrupt reaction
• Spanish: contragolpe — violent or abrupt reaction
• Spanish: reacción clamorosa / negativa — violent or abrupt reaction
• Vietnamese: chống đối — violent or abrupt reaction
• Bulgarian: луфт (luft) — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Bulgarian: хлабина (hlabina) — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Danish: spil — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Dutch: speling — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Finnish: välys — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Finnish: klappi — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Finnish: löysä — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• French: jeu — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• German: Spiel — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• German: Spielraum — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• German: Luft (mech.) — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Greek: διάκενο (diákeno) — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Hungarian: holtjáték — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Irish: ligean — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Italian: gioco — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Italian: passo — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Japanese: バックラッシュ (bakkurasshu) — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Polish: luz — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Portuguese: jogo — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Russian: мёртвый ход (mjórtvyj xod) — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Russian: люфт (ljuft) — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Russian: зазо́р (zazór) — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Russian: свобо́дный ход (svobódnyj xod) — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Serbo-Croatian: зазор — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Serbo-Croatian: zazor — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Slovak: vôľa — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Spanish: juego — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Spanish: holgura — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Spanish: huelgo — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Swedish: spel — mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts
• Bulgarian: биене (biene) — jarring motion in badly fitting machinery
• Dutch: speling — jarring motion in badly fitting machinery
• Finnish: välys — jarring motion in badly fitting machinery
• Finnish: klappi — jarring motion in badly fitting machinery
• German: Rumpeln — jarring motion in badly fitting machinery
• Italian: scuotimento — jarring motion in badly fitting machinery
• Italian: stridore — jarring motion in badly fitting machinery
• Italian: dissonanza — jarring motion in badly fitting machinery