Recoil
Definition of Recoil
Re`coil´ Pronunciation: rė`koil´ | v. i. | 1. | | | 1. | To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return. | | 2. | To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink. | | 3. | To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire. | | v. t. | 1. | To draw or go back. | | n. | 1. | A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood. | | 2. | The state or condition of having recoiled. | | 3. | Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged. |
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