About The Word Recoil
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Recoil
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What's The Definition Of Recoil?
[n] a movement back from an impact
[n] the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired [v] spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder" [v] spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" [v] draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" Synonyms | Synonyms for Recoil: backlash | bounce | bound | cringe | flinch | funk | kick | kick | kick back | quail | rebound | rebound | repercussion | resile | reverberate | ricochet | shrink | spring | squinch | take a hop | wince Related Terms | Find terms related to Recoil: See Also | bounce | bounce | bouncing | bound | bound off | carom | carom | glance | jump | kick | kick back | leap | motion | move | movement | rebound | recoil | recoil | resile | resilience | resiliency | retract | reverberate | ricochet | ricochet | shrink back | skip | spring | take a hop Recoil In Webster's Dictionary \Re*coil"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Recoiled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Recoiling}.] [OE. recoilen, F. reculer, fr. L. pref. re-
re- + culus the fundament. The English word was perhaps
influenced in form by accoil.]
1. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a
reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to
return.
Evil on itself shall back recoil. --Milton.
The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . .
. that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits.
--De Quincey.
2. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing,
alarming, or the like; to shrink. --Shak.
3. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
[Obs.] ``To your bowers recoil.'' --Spenser.
\Re*coil"\, v. t. To draw or go back. [Obs.] --Spenser. \Re*coil"\, n. 1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood. 2. The state or condition of having recoiled. The recoil from formalism is skepticism. --F. W. Robertson. 3. Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged. {Recoil dynamometer} (Gunnery), an instrument for measuring the force of the recoil of a firearm. {Recoil escapement} See the Note under {Escapement}. |
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