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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: recoil
recoil
n 1: the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired [syn:
kick]
2: a movement back from an impact [syn:
repercussion,
rebound,
backlash]
v 1: draw back, as with fear or pain;
“she flinched when they
showed the slaughtering of the calf” [syn:
flinch,
squinch,
funk,
cringe,
shrink,
wince,
quail]
2: spring back; spring away from an impact;
“The rubber ball
bounced”;
“These particles do not resile but they unite
after they collide” [syn:
bounce,
resile,
take a hop,
spring,
bound,
rebound,
reverberate,
ricochet]
3: spring back, as from a forceful thrust;
“The gun kicked back
into my shoulder” [syn:
kick back,
kick]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Recoil
Recoil
\Re*coil"\ (r[-e]*koil"), v. t.
To draw or go back. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Recoil
\Re*coil"\, n.
1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as,
the recoil of nature, or of the blood.
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2. The state or condition of having recoiled.
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The recoil from formalism is skepticism. --F. W.
Robertson.
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3. Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when
discharged.
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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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Recoil
\Re*coil"\ (r[-e]*koil"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Recoiled
(r[-e]*koild"); 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.]
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1. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a
reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to
return.
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Evil on itself shall back recoil. --Milton.
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The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . .
. that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits.
--De Quincey.
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2. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing,
alarming, or the like; to shrink. --Shak.
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3. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
[Obs.]
“To your bowers recoil.” --Spenser.
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