Definition of recoil

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Recoil (v. i.) To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return..

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Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.
Irresilient :: Irresilient (a.) Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic.
Breeching :: Breeching (n.) A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged..
Recoil :: Recoil (n.) The state or condition of having recoiled.
Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress..
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..
Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc..
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..
Recoilingly :: Recoilingly (adv.) In the manner of a recoil.
Recoiled :: Recoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Recoi.
Abutment :: Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil..
Rejolt :: Rejolt (n.) A reacting jolt or shock; a rebound or 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..
Reculement :: Reculement (n.) Recoil.
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return..
Resilient :: Resilient (a.) Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.
Recoiling :: Recoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recoi.
Shrink :: Shrink (n.) The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal..
Counterbuff :: Counterbuff (n.) A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil.
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