different between backlash vs rattling

English

Etymology

From back +? lash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk?læ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

backlash (countable and uncountable, plural backlashes)

1. A sudden backward motion.
2. (figuratively) A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.

3. (mechanics) 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.
4. The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.

Derived terms

• techlash

Translations

Verb

backlash (third-person singular simple present backlashes, present participle backlashing, simple past and past participle backlashed)

1. To cause or set off a backlash.

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Anagrams

• black ash, hacklabs

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

rattling (comparative more rattling, superlative most rattling)

1. Lively, quick (speech, pace).
2. (dated, intensifier) good, fine.
   • I'd like nothing better this minute, said Mr Browne stoutly, than a rattling fine walk in the country or a fast drive with a good spanking goer between the shafts.

Verb

rattling

1. present participle of rattle

Noun

rattling (plural rattlings)

1. rattle (a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another)

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

rattling (plural rattlings)

1. (nautical) Alternative form of ratline