Definition of Recoil in English :

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Recoil meaning in English

Meaning of Recoil in English

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Recoil

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Noun

1. kick, recoil

the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

2. backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion

a movement back from an impact

Verb

3. cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince

draw back, as with fear or pain

Example Sentences:
'she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf'

4. backfire, backlash, recoil

come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

Example Sentences:
'Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble'

5. bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop

spring back; spring away from an impact

Example Sentences:
'The rubber ball bounced'
'These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide'

6. kick, kick back, recoil

spring back, as from a forceful thrust

Example Sentences:
'The gun kicked back into my shoulder'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Recoil

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verb (rɪˈkɔɪl ) (intransitive)
1. 
to jerk back, as from an impact or violent thrust
2. (often foll by from)
to draw back in fear, horror, or disgust
to recoil from the sight of blood
3. (foll by on or upon)
to go wrong, esp so as to hurt the perpetrator
4. 
(of a nucleus, atom, molecule, or elementary particle) to change momentum as a result of the emission of a photon or particle
noun (rɪˈkɔɪl , ˈriːkɔɪl )
5. 
a. 
the backward movement of a gun when fired
b. 
the distance moved
6. 
the motion acquired by a particle as a result of its emission of a photon or other particle
7. 
the act of recoiling

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Recoil

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verb intransitive
1. 
a. 
to draw back, fall back, or stagger back; retreat
b. 
to start or shrink back, as in fear, surprise, or disgust
2. 
to fly back when released, as a spring, or kick back when fired, as a gun
3. 
to return to or as to the starting point or source; react (on or upon)
noun
4. 
the act of recoiling
5. 
the state of having recoiled; reaction
6. 
the distance through which a gun, spring, etc. recoils

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Recoil

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intr.v. re·coiled, re·coil·ing, re·coils
1. To spring back, as upon firing.
2. To shrink back, as in fear or repugnance.
3. To fall back; return: "Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent" (Arthur Conan Doyle).
n. (also rēkoil)
1. The backward action of a firearm upon firing.
2. The act or state of recoiling; reaction.

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