Definition of recoil

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Recoil (n.) A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood..

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Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress..
Irresilient :: Irresilient (a.) Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic.
Kick :: Kick (n.) The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged..
Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.
Abutment :: Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil..
Reculement :: Reculement (n.) Recoil.
Shocking :: Shocking (a.) Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting..
Recoiled :: Recoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Recoi.
Recoil :: Recoil (v. t.) To draw or go back.
Recoiler :: Recoiler (n.) One who, or that which, recoils..
Hairspring :: Hairspring (n.) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.
Stram :: Stram (v. t.) To spring or recoil with violence.
Ugh :: Ugh (interj.) An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder..
Resile :: Resile (v. i.) To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
Benthamism :: Benthamism (n.) That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions..
Dead-stroke :: Dead-stroke (a.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink..
Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc..
Recoil :: Recoil (n.) A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood..
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
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