Definitions
an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence
Word origin
From back- + lash.
Used in a sentence
“The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.”
“May 2, 1922, locomotive 2469 , Hornell, N. Y. Screw reverse gear backlashed due to latch spring too weak to hold it in place ; 1 injured”
“I have the faculty of getting more backlashed in less casts with more kinds of guaranteed anti-backlash reels than any man who reads this sad confession. I am letter-perfect at it. Yet I do sometimes catch fish.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Strong negative reaction”8 letters
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