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 (n.) The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal..
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.
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..
Stram :: Stram (v. t.) To spring or recoil with violence.
Kick :: Kick (n.) The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged..
Abutment :: Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil..
Reculement :: Reculement (n.) Recoil.
Recoiled :: Recoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Recoi.
Recoiling :: Recoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recoi.
Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.
Recoil :: Recoil (v. t.) To draw or go back.
Resilient :: Resilient (a.) Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.
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..
Ugh :: Ugh (interj.) An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder..
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..
Shock :: Shock (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates..
Resile :: Resile (v. i.) To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
Recoil :: Recoil (n.) Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged..
Recoil :: Recoil (n.) A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood..
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