Definition of recoil - WordReference.com Dictionary

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recoil
A	noun
	1	recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash
			a movement back from an impact
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚movement; motion ╚recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash ╚ricochet; carom ╚resilience; resiliency ╚bounce; bouncing
	2	recoil, kick
			the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚movement; motion ╚recoil, kick
B	verb
	1	kick back, recoil, kick
			spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"
		Category Tree: move ╚jump; leap; bound; spring ╚bounce; resile; take a hop; spring; bound; rebound; recoil; reverberate; ricochet ╚kick back, recoil, kick
	2	bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
			spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
		Category Tree: move ╚jump; leap; bound; spring ╚bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet ╚carom; glance ╚skip; bound off ╚kick back; recoil; kick
	3	flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
			draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
		Category Tree: move ╚flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail ╚shrink back; retract

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