recoil
Meaning of recoil
noun
- A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking.
the recoil of nature, or of the blood
- The state or condition of having recoiled.
- The energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle.
- An escapement in which, after each beat, the scape-wheel recoils slightly.
- To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment.
He recoiled in disgust when he saw the mess.
- To retreat before an opponent.
- To retire, withdraw.
- (of a firearm) To quickly push back when fired
Information about recoil
- The plural form of recoil is: recoils.
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Hyphenation of recoil
re-coil
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- recoil is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
recoil synonyms
Meaning kick:
Meaning repercussion:
repercussion, rebound, backlash
Meaning flinch:
flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, quail
Meaning backfire:
Meaning bounce:
bounce, resile, spring, bound, rebound, reverberate, ricochet
Meaning kick back:
Translation of recoil
- Spanish: rebote, rebotar, recular
- German: Abprall, zurückprallen, abprallen, zurückspringen, zurückfedern, zurückschnellen, zurückfahren, zurückschrecken
- Italian: ripercussione, rinculo, contraccolpo, rinculare, rimbalzare, retrocedere, ritrarsi, indietreggiare, arretrare
- French: reculer
Anagrams of recoil
Words that rhyme with recoil
coil, IntraCoil, accoil, chokecoil, counterrecoil, nonrecoil, precoil, multicoil, encoil, uncoil, upcoil, overcoil, supercoil
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