биене noun (jarring motion in badly fitting machinery)
луфт noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)
ритане noun (sudden backward motion)
хлабина noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

反彈 /反弹 noun (violent or abrupt reaction)

Danish

4 entries

pludselig reaktion noun (sudden backward motion)
spil noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)
voldsom protestreaktion noun (violent or abrupt reaction)
voldsom reaktion noun (violent or abrupt reaction)

Dutch

4 entries

speling noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)
speling noun (jarring motion in badly fitting machinery)
tegenstroom noun (sudden backward motion)
tegenstroom noun (violent or abrupt reaction)

Esperanto

1 entries

protestreago noun (violent or abrupt reaction)

Finnish

4 entries

klappi noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)
klappi noun (jarring motion in badly fitting machinery)
löysä noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)
takapotku noun (sudden backward motion)

French

3 entries

jeu noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)
retour de bâton noun (violent or abrupt reaction)
retour de manivelle noun (violent or abrupt reaction)

Georgian

3 entries

საპირისპირო რეაქცია noun (violent or abrupt reaction)
უარყოფითი რეაქცია noun (violent or abrupt reaction)
ძლიერი უარყოფითი რეაქცია noun (violent or abrupt reaction)

German

4 entries

Aufschrei noun (violent or abrupt reaction)
Ausbruch noun (violent or abrupt reaction)
Gegenreaktion noun (violent or abrupt reaction)
Luft (mech.) noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)

Greek

4 entries

αντίδραση noun (sudden backward motion)
αντίκτυπος noun (violent or abrupt reaction)
διάκενο noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)
εξέγερση noun (violent or abrupt reaction)

Hungarian

1 entries

holtjáték noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)

Irish

1 entries

ligean noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)

Italian

4 entries

contraccolpo noun (violent or abrupt reaction)
dissonanza noun (jarring motion in badly fitting machinery)
gioco noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)
passo noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)

Japanese

2 entries

バックラッシュ noun (violent or abrupt reaction)
バックラッシュ noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)

Polish

2 entries

luz noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)
sprzeciw noun (violent or abrupt reaction)

Portuguese

4 entries

coice noun (sudden backward motion)
comoção noun (violent or abrupt reaction)
jogo noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)
motim noun (violent or abrupt reaction)

Russian

4 entries

зазо́р noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)
люфт noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)
мёртвый ход noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)
ответка noun (violent or abrupt reaction)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

zazor noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)
зазор noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)

Slovak

4 entries

negatívna odozva noun (violent or abrupt reaction)
silná reakcia noun (violent or abrupt reaction)
veľký odpor noun (violent or abrupt reaction)
vôľa noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)

Spanish

4 entries

contragolpe noun (sudden backward motion)
contragolpe noun (violent or abrupt reaction)
holgura noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)
huelgo noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)

Swedish

1 entries

spel noun (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts)

Vietnamese

1 entries

chống đối noun (violent or abrupt reaction)

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The bribery scandal created a backlash overseas.

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Do you expect a backlash?

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Mennad was afraid of the backlash he was going to get.

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If governments impose green tax hikes and the costly measures on transportation, home heating, power generation and lifestyles that scientists say are needed to lower emissions and to shift economies away from dependency on fossil fuels, they risk prompting a backlash, largely from middle-class and lower-income workers, as well as pensioners who can ill afford to bear the expense.

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