Recoil

Definition: Recoil

Recoil

Noun

1. The backward jerk of a gun when it is fired.

2. A movement back from an impact.

Verb

1. Draw back, as with fear.

2. Spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide".

3. Spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "recoil" was first used: 12th century. (references)

Note: Recoil \Re*coil"\, intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Recoiled; Recoiling.]. (references)

Synonyms: Recoil

Avoidance

Shrink back; hang back, hold back, draw back; recoil; retire; (recede); flinch, blink, blench, shy, shirk, dodge, parry, make way for, give place to.

Avolation, flight; escape; retreat; recoil; departure; rejection.

Recession

Noun: recession, retirement, withdrawal; retreat; retrocession; departure; recoil; flight; (avoidance).

Reversion

Verb: revert, turn back, regress; relapse; recoil; retreat; restore; undo, unmake; turn the tide, roll back the tide, turn the scale, tip the scale.

Turning point, turn of the tide; status quo ante bellum; calm before a storm. alternation; (periodicity); inversion; recoil; retreat, regression, retrogression; restoration; relapse, recidivism; atavism; vicinism;

Unwillingness

Scrupulousness, scrupulosity; qualms of conscience, twinge of conscience; delicacy, demur, scruple, qualm, shrinking, recoil; hesitation; (irresolution); fastidiousness.

Demur, stick at, scruple, stickle; hang fire, run rusty; recoil, shrink, swerve; hesitate; avoid.

Crosswords: Recoil

Recoil (1953)

The Recoil (1924)

Recoil (2001)

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Books

• Bitter Recoil (Missing Mystery, 26) (reference)

• Forward Recoil Spectrometry: Applications of Hydrogen Determination in Solids (reference)

• Helium-jet transportation of recoil atoms into a liquid phase (reference)

• Recoil (reference)

• Recoil (Buckskin No. 12) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Recoil (reference)

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  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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The recoil of the missiles directed at Sts. Cosmo and Damian / from the painting of Fra Angelico. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Fires a full broadside of nine 16"/50 and six 5"/38 guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 1 July 1984. Photographed by PHAN J. Alan Elliott. Note concussion effects on the water surface, and 16-inch gun barrels in varying degrees of recoil. Credit: NAVY.

The sportsman upset by the recoil of his own gun (Jo. Miller). Credit: Library of Congress.

Subcontracting. Machine gun recoil plate. A slot is milled in a machine gun recoil plate, and the plate itself is cut to length in the machine shop of an Eastern subcontractor. Painesville Machine Company. Credit: Library of Congress.

Taking care of the kick-back. Recoil rails are assembled for a medium caliber gun rushed for the war production program in an eastern arsenal. Credit: Library of Congress.

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However, the shepherd should not recoil from the diseased sheep

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Expressions using "recoil": action of recoil ♦ on the recoil ♦ recoil compensator ♦ recoil dynamometer ♦ recoil escapement ♦ recoil from smth. ♦ recoil on ♦ recoil on smb.. Additional references.

Ending with "recoil": non-recoil.

Albanian

zmbrapsje (check, climbdown, kick, repercussion, repulse, retreat, return, revulsion, wince), zmbrapsem (back away, flinch, recede, regress, wince), zbythje (climbdown, kick, recession, repercussion, shy), zbythem (blench, retreat, shrink, shy), teptisje (eruption, gush, haemorrhage, hemorrhage, overflow, spouting), tërhiqem (back away, back out of, backpedal, backslide, climb down, deny, depart, draw away, draw back, fall back, give ground, rebound, recede, retire, retrograde, shrink, withdraw), tërheqje (affinity, allurement, appeal, appetence, appetency, attraction, attractiveness, crush, draw, drawing, enchantment, enticement, haul, jerk, lure, magnetization, pull, pullback, recall, recession, retirement, retraction, retreat, revocation, strain, stretch, tow, traction, tug, withdrawal), prapsje, prapsem (back up, draw back, keep back, lose ground, rein back, shy), neveri (abhorrence, abomination, aversion, contempt, disdain, disgust, disrelish, distaste, execration, gorge, horror, loathing, nausea, odiousness, odium, repugnance, repulsion, revolt, scorn), kthehem mbrapsht (rebound, recall), bie mbi kokë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏نفور (antipathy, aversion, disaffection, disinclination, dislike, distaste, estrangement, indisposition, offish, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, startle), ‏نكص (regress, retrograde, turn back, withdraw), ‏تراجع (back away, back down, back up, backwards, blemish, degradation, draw back, drawback, fall back, fall behind, give back, give ground, give the right of way, kick, lose ground, move back, palinode, recede, recess, recession, regress, regression, renege, retire, retract, retraction, retreat, retreating, retrogression, sell out, stand, take back, turn back, unsay, withdraw), ‏إنقلب (be inverted, capsize, change over, overturn, swing, tip over, topple, toss, turn over, turn turtle, upset), ‏إرتداد (apostasy, bounce, defection, kick, rebound, recall, recantation, recess, reflection, reflexion, regress, relapse, renunciation, repercussion, retroversion, reverberation, withdrawal), ‏إرتد إلى (fall back on), ‏إرتد (bounce, cringe, draw back, rebound, recant, reflex, regress, renegade, renounce, reverberate, shrink, withdraw), ‏إشمئزاز (abhorrence, horror, loathing, nausea, obsession, pout, qualm, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, sway). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ужас (abhorrence, atrocity, dread, fear, fright, frightfulness, horror, monstrosity, scare, terror), ритане (backstroke, kick), ритам (balk, boot, fling, kick, lash, toe), отскачане (dap, dodge, rebound, spring), отскачам (bounce, bound, carom, glance, jump, jump back, kick, nip, rebound, resile, skip, spring, take off), отхвръквам (fly off), откатен, откат (kick), отвращение (abhorrence, abomination, allergy, antipathy, detestation, disgust, disrelish, distaste, execration, horror, loathing, nausea, odium, phobia, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revolt, scunner, sickener), отвращавам се (abhor, be detested, be disgusted, detest, revolt), отдръпване (backdown, backstroke, dodge, recession, retirement, withdrawal), отдръпвам се (back away, dodge, ease off, ebb, flow back, move away, move up, pull over, quail, retire, shrink away, shrink back, stand aside, stand off, step aside), обратна реакция. (various references)

Chinese 

反冲 (Recoiled, Recoiling), 後退 (draw back, fall back, retreat). (various references)

Czech

zaleknout se (balk), zákluz, trhnutí (jerk, jolt, pluck, pull, start, wrench, yank), odskok, odskoèit (bounce, rebound, ricochet), odrazit se (bounce, bounce back, glance off, head off, rebound, reflect), mít zákluz. (various references)

Danish

koldvalsningen sker kontinuerligt,og der befinder sig opviklere(haspler)paa hver side til op-of afrulning af baandet (cold rolling is a continuous process, there being a reel at each end to uncoil and recoil the strip), geværolie (gun oil, recoil oil). (various references)

Dutch

stootblok (buffer, retainer). (various references)

Farsi 

فنری بودن , پس نشستن , پس زدن (Backlash, Rebound, Rebut, Setback), عودکردن (Recrudesce, Recur, Relapse), بحال نخستین برگشتن (Relapse), بحال خودبرگشتن . (various references)

Finnish

potkaista (kick recoil), kivääriöljy (gun oil, recoil oil), aseöljy (gun oil, recoil oil). (various references)

French

recul (recession, regress, retreat). (various references)

German

rückstoß (blow back, kick, repulsion, thrust), rückschlag (atavism, backstroke, frustration, rebound, relapse, return, reverse, reversion to type, set back, setback, throwback, upset), rücklauf (countercurrent, fast rewind, flyback, return, return travel, returns, reverse running, slip), zurückzucken (flinch, jerk, jerk back, start back), zurückspringen (be set back, bound back, jump back, leap back, spring back, to recoil), zurückschrecken (blench, boggle, cringe, deter, discourage, scare, shrink back, shy away, spring back, start back, to blench), zurückschnellen (spring back, to spring back, whip back), zurückprallen (be reflected, bounce back, rebound, ricochet, to rebound, to recoil), Stossreitel, abprallen (bounce back, bounce off, carom, glance off, rebound, ricochet, to recoil, to ricochet). (various references)

Greek 

υποχώρηση (deference, recedence, recession, retreat, setback, subsidence), φρικιώ (shudder), ανάκρουση, αναπηδώ προσ τα πίσω, αναπηδώ (bob, bounce, bound, jerk, jig, leap, prance, ramp, rebound, spring, start), αναπήδημα (bound), ανατύλιξη, οπισθοδρόμηση (regression, setback), οπισθοδρομώ (regress, retreat, retrograde, retrogress, throw back), δειλιώ (boggle, quail, wince). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"רתע (back away, blench, boggle, cringe, draw back, flinch, refrain, retract, retreat, withdraw), ל�"סו�' (recede, retreat), לסלו�" (be scalded, disgust, exult), �"�"ף (blast, repulsion, shock), רתיע�" (rebound, recoiling, withdrawal), רתע (recoiling), � סי�'�" (recession, regression, retreat, setback, withdrawal). (various references)

Hungarian

visszaugrás (cutback, flashback, kick, rebound, snap), hátrasiklás (kick). (various references)

Italian

rinculo (backlash, kick), rinculare, retrocedere (degrade, demote, downgrade, retreat, retrocede), paracolpi (buffer), indietreggiare (back, blench, draw back, flinch, go, go back, go backwards, hang back, rein back, retreat, shrink), contraccolpo (afterclap, backstroke, reaction, rebound), balzo indietro. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

畏縮 (cower, wince), 反跳 , 反動 (kick, reaction), 尻込み (flinching, hesitation, shrinking back). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しり�"み (flinching, hesitation, recoiling, shrinking, shrinking back), いしゅく (atrophy, contraction, cower, dwarf, wince, withering), は�"どう (kick, reaction), は�"ちょう (honcho, squad leader). (various references)

Korean 

반동 (Backlash, reactive, rebound, Recoiling). (various references)

Manx

lheimyragh ergooyl, lheimmey ergooyl (spring back), lheim ergooyl, aavuilley (cannon, counterblow, reaction, resonance, return, tintinnabulation). (various references)

Pig Latin

ecoilray.(various references)

Portuguese

reverter (redound, return, reverse, revert), retração (retraction, shrinkage, withholdment), ressalto (bounce, bound, cam, dap, heatspot, jut, ledge, lobe, lug, overhang, prominence, prominency, rebound, resilience, resiliency, rising, salience, shoulder, tappet), ressaltar (beetle, bounce, bound, highlight, jut, protrude, rebound, verge), repercussão (backlash, rebound, repercussion, replication, reverberation), recuo (backing, backlash, backward travel, dereliction, fallback, flinch, kick, rebound, recess, recession, resign, retirement, retreat, return, slip), recuar (backpedal, blench, boggle, crawfish, flinch, flunk, indent, kick, off, quail, recede, retire, retreat), rechaço (repulse), movimento de recuo (back stroke, return, return movement, return stroke, reverse movement, reverse stroke), distender-se, dar coice, coice (fling, kick). (various references)

Romanian

repulsie (abhorrence, reluctance, repulsion, revolt), recula, recul (kick, rebound, rebuff, recession), se replia, se întinde (elongate, extend, lie down, make, range, reach, recline, run, set off, spindle, sprawl, spread, stretch, sweep), scârbã (abomination, disgust, fulsomness, gall, repugnance, repulsion), oroare (abhorrence, aversion, execration, eyesore, hideousness, horror, repugnance, terror), feri (cover, dodge, fend, indemnify, keep, preserve, screen, shade), destindere (leisure, rebound, recreation, relaxation), da înapoi (blench, check, climb, fall back, move back, put away, recede, repay), aversiune (abhorrence, aversion, detestation of, disrelish, idiosyncrasy, indisposition, loathing, objection, quarrel, repugnance, repulsion, revolt), avea recul. (various references)

Russian 

ужас (atrocity, awfulness, consternation, horror, terribleness, terror), ударить рикошетом, чувствовать отвращение (loathe), отскок (bounce, rebound), отскакивать отдача, отскакивать (bounce, bound, bound back, bound off, carom, fly off, rebound), отшатнуться (shrink back, start back), откатываться, откат, отвращение (abhorrence, abomination, abominations, allergy, aversion, disgust, distaste, hatred, loathing, odium, reluctance, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, scunner), отпрыгивать (jump aside, jump back), отдача (efficiency, kick, output, rebound, repercussion, return), омерзение (detestation, execration). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ustuknuti (back away, blench, flinch, jib, lose ground, recede, shrink back, step back), ustuknuće, trzanje (jolting, kick, start, wince), trgnuti (draw, jerk, pull, startle, tug, twitch, yank), odskočiti (bounce back, jump off, rebound, ricochet, snap, snap up, start aside), žacnuti (flinch). (various references)

Spanish

retroceso (backlash, backward motion, decline, going down, recession, regress, regression, retrogression), retroceder de (recede), recular (back, blench, flinch, kick, kick back), rechazo (blowback, disavowal, non-acceptance, rebound, rebuff, rejection, repulse), rebufo, rebufar, culatazo (kick, kickback). (various references)

Swedish

rygga tillbaka (blench, flinch, quail, wince), rekyl (kick). (various references)

Turkish

irkilmek (be startled, blench, shy, start, take alarm), irkilme, geri tepmek (back fire, backfire, boomerang, kick, kick back, recoil on), geri tepme (back fire, backfire, jump, kick, reaction, rebound, repercussion, repulse, repulsion, return, reverse), geri çekilmek (beat a retreat, blench, disengage, fall back, recede, regress, retire, retract, retreat, set back, shrink back, stand back, step back, withdraw), geri çekilme (departure, disengagement, flight, pullback, recession, regress, regression, retirement, retreat, witdrawing), ürkme (fright, scare, start, wince). (various references)

Ukrainian

ударити рикошетом, відскік (bound, rebound), відскочити (spring back), відхід (breakaway, departure, leaving, outgo, outgoing, recession, sailing, withdrawal), віддача (blow back, efficiency, kick up, kickback, output, out-turn). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự nảy lại, sự dội lại (reverberation), sự chùn lại. (various references)

aversantium, aversatur, aversatus, averseris, aversor, re-, resiliet, resilire. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "recoil": recoiled, recoiler, recoilers, recoiling, recoilless, recoils. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Recoil" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aracoeli, Arcueil, Briconil, Eccovi, ecoli, Neacail, Rasool, Rasoul, reboil, recaulk, Recchia, recei, Receuil, reci, reciol, reco, recoin, recoit, recook, recool, recoy, Rencoule, reoil, Rescobie, Ricoll, ripoli, risoul, Rocio, rosolio, Rumcol, Ruspoli. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: coiler.

-1 letter: ceorl, oiler, oleic, oriel, relic, reoil.

-2 letters: ceil, cero, cire, coil, coir, cole, core, lice, lier, lire, loci, lore, orle, rice, riel, rile, roil, role.

-3 letters: cel, col, cor, ice, ire, lei, lie, oil, ole, orc, ore, rec, rei, roc, roe.

-4 letters: el, er, li, lo, oe, or, re.

+1 letter: bricole, calorie, cariole, coalier, coilers, collier, corbeil, loricae, peloric, recoils.

+2 letters: acrolein, albicore, blockier, braciole, bricoles, cabriole, calories, calorize, capriole, carioles, carriole, ceorlish, chloride, chlorine, chlorite, choleric, cloddier, cloggier, cloister, clothier, cloudier, coistrel, colinear, collider, colliers, colliery, colorize, comelier, compiler, complier, corbeils, cordlike, corklike, cormlike, cornicle, costlier, coverlid, creolise, creolize, cryolite, elicitor, erotical, firelock, flockier, forcible, heroical, incloser, leprotic, licensor, licorice, loricate, petrolic, recoiled, recoiler, replicon, rocaille, rocklike, scleroid.