A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
A sudden backward motion.
The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
The looseness through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, gear, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, or a measurement of the distance moved thereby; either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
To cause or set off a backlash.
A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.
To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.