recoil

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recoil Definition

• (n) the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
• (n) a movement back from an impact
• (v) draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
• (v) spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
• (v) spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"

recoil Synonyms

• backlash
• bounce
• bound
• cringe
• flinch
• funk
• kick
• kick back
• quail
• rebound
• recoil
• repercussion
• resile
• reverberate
• ricochet
• shrink
• spring
• squinch
• take a hop
• wince