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verb-intransitive. To spring back, as upon firing.

verb-intransitive. To shrink back, as in fear or repugnance.

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

n. The backward action of a firearm upon firing.

n. The act or state of recoiling; reaction.

n. The amount of energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle.

v. To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment.

v. To retire, withdraw.

verb-intransitive. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.

verb-intransitive. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink.

verb-intransitive. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.

v. To draw or go back.

n. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking.

n. The state or condition of having recoiled.

n. Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged.

To draw back; go back; retreat; take a sudden backward motion after an advance.

To start or draw back, as from anything repulsive, distressing, alarming, or the like; shrink.

To fall, rush, start, bound, or roll back, as in consequence of resistance which cannot be overcome by the force impressed; return after a certain strain or impetus: literally or figuratively.

To fall off; degenerate.

To drive back.

n. A drawing back; retreat.

n. A backward movement; a rebound: literally or figuratively.

n. Specifically, the rebound or resilience of a firearm or a piece of ordnance when discharged.

To coil again.

v. come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

v. spring back; spring away from an impact

v. spring back, as from a forceful thrust

n. the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

v. draw back, as with fear or pain

n. a movement back from an impact

"I have been told that, using light loads, the recoil is as light as a 20 ga? dickgun"

recoiled    recoiles    recoiling    recoils   

hap    take place    come about    fallout    pass off    go on    happen    pass    occur    take a hop   

retreat    shrink    recoil-check    energy of recoil   

recoil on   

return    shrink    retire    rebound    shrinking   

Boyle    Doyle    Hoyle    boil    broil    coil    embroil    foil    foyle    moyle   

revulsion    concussion    bolt    buffer    urge    repugnance    ejector    trigger    shock    piston