meaning of recoil
1. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.
2. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink.
3. To turn or go back; to withdraw ones self; to retire.
4. To draw or go back.
5. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood.
6. The state or condition of having recoiled.
7. Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged.
8. a movement back from an impact
Related Words
recoil | recoiled | recoiler | recoiling | recoilingly | recoilless | recoilment |
