Defenition of the word recoil
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Defenition of the word recoil
- A movement back from an impact.
- To spring away from an impact.
- To retreat unwillingly and/or suddenly, often caused by sudden pain, shock, scare, fright, surprise, or similar.
- spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"
- draw back, as with fear
- spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"
- the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
- a movement back from an impact
- spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
- draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
- spring back, as from a forceful thrust
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- draw back, as with fear or pain
- come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
Synonyms for the word recoil
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- back away
- backlash
- bounce
- bound
- cringe
- draw back
- flinch
- funk
- jump back
- kick
- kick back
- move back
- quail
- react
- rebound
- repercussion
- retreat
- ricochet
- shrink
- shrink back
- shrinking
- spring
- squinch
- start
- take a hop
- wince
- withdraw
- withdrawal
Similar words in the recoil
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- recoil
- recoiled
- recoiling
- recoils
Hyponyms for the word recoil
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- bounce
- bouncing
- bound off
- carom
- glance
- kick
- kick back
- recoil
- resilience
- resiliency
- retract
- ricochet
- shrink back
- skip
Hypernyms for the word recoil
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- bounce
- bound
- come about
- fall out
- go on
- hap
- happen
- jump
- leap
- motion
- move
- movement
- occur
- pass
- pass off
- rebound
- recoil
- resile
- reverberate
- ricochet
- spring
- take a hop
- take place
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