Recoil

[rɪ'kɒɪl] or ['rikɔɪl]

Definition

(noun.) a movement back from an impact.

(noun.) the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired.

Editor: Lois--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.

(v. i.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink.

(v. i.) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.

(v. t.) To draw or go back.

(n.) A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood.

(n.) The state or condition of having recoiled.

(n.) Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged.

Typist: Marvin

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Rebound, reverberate, react, spring back, fly back, bound back.[2]. Shrink, falter, fall, flinch, blench, draw back.

n. Resilience, rebound, reaction.

Inputed by Cherie

Definition

v.t. to start back: to rebound: to return: to shrink from.—n. a starting or springing back: rebound: an escapement in which after each beat the escape-wheel recoils slightly.—n. Recoil′er one who recoils.—adj. Recoil′ing.—adv. Recoil′ingly.—n. Recoil′ment.

Edited by Candice

Examples

Typed by Lloyd

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