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Recoiled :: Recoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Recoi.

Recoiler :: Recoiler (n.) One who, or that which, recoils..

Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc..

Ugh :: Ugh (interj.) An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder..

Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.

Recoilingly :: Recoilingly (adv.) In the manner of a recoil.

Irresilient :: Irresilient (a.) Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic.

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil..

Recoil :: Recoil (v. t.) To draw or go back.

Stram :: Stram (v. t.) To spring or recoil with violence.

Counterbuff :: Counterbuff (n.) A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil.

Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink..

Deadbeat :: Deadbeat (a.) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.

Recoil :: Recoil (n.) Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged..

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..

Resilient :: Resilient (a.) Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.

Shock :: Shock (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates..

Recule :: Recule (v. i.) To recoil.

Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress..

Resile :: Resile (v. i.) To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

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