| backlash | an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence, there was a backlash of intolerance |
whitelash
white backlash | backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances |
bevel gear
pinion and crown wheel
pinion and ring gear | gears that mesh at an angle |
| chafing gear | covering (usually rope or canvas) of a line or spar to protect it from friction |
differential gear
differential | a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds, used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves |
epicyclic train
epicyclic gear train | a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis |
first gear
first
low gear
low | the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle, used to start a car moving |
fishing gear
tackle fishing tackle
fishing rig
rig | gear used in fishing |
| foul-weather gear | protective garment that is intended to keep the wearer dry and warm in bad weather |
gear
gear wheel
geared wheel
cogwheel | a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion |
gear paraphernalia
appurtenance | equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. |
| gear gear mechanism | a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) |
gearbox
gear box
gear case | the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed |
gearing
gear geartrain
power train
train | wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed, the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain |
gearshift
gearstick
shifter
gear lever | a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears, in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever |
high gear
high | a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed |
| landing gear | an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground |
planetary gear
epicyclic gear
planet wheel
planet gear | an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train |
| reduction gear | gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed |
reverse
reverse gear | the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed |
second gear
second | the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle, he had to shift down into second to make the hill |
spur gear
spur wheel | gear wheels that mesh in the same plane |
stable gear
saddlery
tack | gear for a horse |
| steering gear | a gear that couples the steering wheel to the steering linkage of a motor vehicle |
| sun gear | the central gear in an epicyclic train |
third gear
third | the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle, you shouldn't try to start in third gear |
| worm gear | gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel), changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion |
recoil
repercussion
rebound
backlash | a movement back from an impact |
gear
pitch | set the level or character of, She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience |
fix prepare
set up ready
gear up
set | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc, Get the children ready for school!, prepare for war, I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill |
backfire
backlash
recoil | come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect, Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble |
| in gear | having gears engaged, the car is in gear |
| out of gear(p) | not having gears engaged, threw the machine's pinion out of gear |