recoil

re·coil  (r-koil)

intr.v. re·coiled, re·coil·ing, re·coils

1. To spring back, as upon firing.

2. To shrink back, as in fear or repugnance.

3. To fall back; return: "Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent" (Arthur Conan Doyle).

n. also (rkoil)

1. The backward action of a firearm upon firing.

2. The act or state of recoiling; reaction.

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[Middle English recoilen, from Old French reculer : re-, re- + cul, buttocks (from Latin clus; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots).]

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re·coiler n.

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recoil

Verb

1. to jerk or spring back

2. to draw back in fear or horror

3. (of an action) to go wrong so as to hurt the person responsible

Noun

1. the backward movement of a gun when fired

2. the act of recoiling [Old French reculer]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	recoil - the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired kick motion, movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
	2.	recoil - a movement back from an impact       backlash, rebound, repercussion motion, movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something bouncing, bounce - rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts) resiliency, resilience - an occurrence of rebounding or springing back carom, ricochet - a glancing rebound
Verb	1.	recoil - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" cringe, flinch, funk, quail, wince, shrink, squinch move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" shrink back, retract - pull away from a source of disgust or fear
	2.	recoil - come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble" backfire, backlash hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
	3.	recoil - spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" bounce, rebound, ricochet, take a hop, resile, spring, bound, reverberate kick back, recoil, kick - spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder" bound off, skip - bound off one point after another carom - rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts" bound, jump, leap, spring - move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
	4.	recoil - spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder" kick back, kick bounce, rebound, ricochet, take a hop, resile, spring, recoil, bound, reverberate - spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

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recoil

verb 1. jerk back, kick, react, rebound, spring back, resile

verb 2. draw back, shrink, falter, shy away, flinch, quail, balk at

noun 3. jerking back, reaction, springing back

noun 4. kickback, kick

Translations

recoil [rɪˈkɔɪl] vi [person]: to recoil from doing sth → retraerse de hacer algo

n [of gun] → retroceso

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recoil [rɪˈkɔɪl] vi [person];

to recoil (from) → reculer (devant) n (of gun) → recul m

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recoil [rɪˈkɔɪl] vi (person);

to recoil from → zurückweichen vor +dat (fig); zurückschrecken vor +dat n (of gun) → Rückstoß m

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recoil [rɪˈkɔɪl] vi [gun] → rinculare; [spring] → balzare indietro; [person]: to recoil (from) → indietreggiare (davanti a)

n [gun] → rinculo

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recoil

v recoil [rəˈkoil]

1 to move back or away, usually quickly, in horror or fear He recoiled at/from the sight of the murdered child. terugdeins يَرْتَد إلى الوَرَاء خوفا отдръпвам се couvnout vige tilbage zurückprallen τραβιέμαι, κάνω πίσω recular tagasi kohkuma پس کشیدن؛ پس افتادن kavahtaa reculer (devant) לְהֵירָתַע पीछे हटना ustuknuti od, zgroziti se nad visszahőköl mundur hrökkva undan indietreggiare 後戻りする 물러서다, 움찔하다 atšokti novērsties berundur terugdeizen springe/vike tilbake odskoczyć recuar a se da înapoi (în faţa) отдохнуть cúvnuť; zaraziť sa odskočiti uzmaknuti rygga, vika tillbaka ถอยหลัง ürkmek, ürküp geri çekilmek 後退，退卻 відскочити, відсахнутися پیچھے ہٹنا lùi lại 后退，退却

2 (of guns when fired) to jump back. terugslaan يَرْتَد المَدْفَع عن إطْلاق النار ритам trhnout zpět slå tilbage zurückstoßen κλοτσώ, τινάζομαι προς τα πίσω dar un culatazo tagasi lööma لگد زدن یا پس زدن سلاح potkaista reculer רְתִיעָה पीछे आना trznuti natrag pri opaljivanju visszarúg menghentak kastast aftur rinculare はね返る 반동하다 atsitrenkti atsist berganjak ke belakang terugstoten rekylere odbijać, odrzucać dar coice a avea recul отдавать trhnúť späť trzniti trgnuti se rekylera ย้อนกลับ geri tepmek 反衝 відскочити рикошетом اچھل کر پیچھے ہٹنا giật lại 反冲

[ˈriːkoil] n

the act of recoiling. terugslag إرْتِداد отскачане zpětný náraz vigen tilbage; tilbageslag das Zurückprallen, der Rückstoß τράβηγμα/ κλώτσημα όπλου retroceso, culatazo tagasipõrge عقب نشینی؛ پس روی kavahdus recul רְתִיעָה पीछे आने की क्रिया udarac natrag visszarúgás hentakan það að hrökkva undan (balzo indietro) あとずさり 후퇴, 반동 atšokimas, atatranka riebums; atsitiens pengunduran terugstoot rekyl odskok, odrzut recuo recul; greaţă, scârbă отскок; отдача spätný náraz odskok uzmaknuće tillbakaryggande, rekyl การล่าถอย ürkme; geri tepme 後退，反衝 відскік, відбій پسپاءی sự rút lui 后退，反冲