recoil

intr.v., -coiled, -coil·ing, -coils.

1. To spring back, as upon firing.
2. To shrink back, as in fear or repugnance.
3. To fall back; return: "Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent" (Arthur Conan Doyle).

n. (also rē'koil')

1. The backward action of a firearm upon firing.
2. The act or state of recoiling; reaction.

[Middle English recoilen, from Old French reculer : re-, re- + cul, buttocks (from Latin cūlus).]

recoiler re·coil'er n.

verb

1. To jerk backward, as a gun upon firing: rebound. See forward/backward.
2. To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust: blench¹, cringe, flinch, quail, shrink, shy¹, start, wince. See approach/retreat, seek/avoid.

noun

An act of drawing back in an involuntary or instinctive fashion: cringe, flinch, shrink, wince. See approach/retreat, seek/avoid.

v

Definition: shrink away
Antonyms: face, meet

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[riܒkoil]

riˈkoil v. (of a gun) move abruptly backward as a reaction on firing a bullet, shell, or other missile.

n. ˈrēܖkoil; riˈkoil

the action of recoiling: his body jerked with the recoil of the rifle.

recoilless rǝˈkoil-lis; ˈrēܖkoil- adj.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

IN BRIEF: To start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread.

Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another. — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - springe tilbage, give bagslag
n. - tilbageslag, rekyl, bagslag

Nederlands (Dutch)
terugschrikken, terugspringen na klap, averechts uitwerken op, zich terugtrekken (leger), terugstoot, reactie, het terugdeinzen

Français (French)
v. intr. - avoir un mouvement de recul, reculer, reculer en tirant, se détendre (un ressort), retomber sur (qn)
n. - recul (d'un fusil), détente (d'un ressort)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rückstoß
v. - zurückweichen, zurückstoßen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αναπήδηση, κλότσημα, αντίκρουση
v. - αναπηδώ προς τα πίσω, (για όπλο) κλοτσώ, οπισθοχωρώ, κάνω πίσω, κωλώνω, μαζεύομαι, αρνούμαι (με φρίκη ή αηδία)

Italiano (Italian)
ritrarsi, rinculare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - recuo (m), coice de arma (m)
v. - recuar, dar coice (arma), repercutir

Русский (Russian)
отскок, отдача, отпрянуть, откатываться

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - retroceder, dar culatazo, aflojarse
n. - retroceso, reculada, reacción

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rekyl
v. - dra sig tillbaka, rekylera, återfalla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
弹回, 跳回, 退却, 产生反作用, 畏缩, 退缩, 后退, 反冲

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 彈回, 跳回, 退卻, 產生反作用, 畏縮, 退縮
n. - 彈回, 跳回, 後退, 畏縮, 反沖

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 되튀다, 움찔하다, 퇴각하다
n. - 되튐, 뒷걸음질

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 飛びのく, 後ずさりする, 跳ね返る, 反動する, ひるむ
n. - 反動, 飛びのくこと

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إرتداد, تراجع (فعل) يرتد, يتراجع, ينقلب على‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נרתע, רתע, נסוג, קפץ אחורנית, נסיגה, רתיעה‬
n. - ‮נסיגה, רתיעה‬

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