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recoil

  • EN [ rɪˈkɔɪl , ˈriːkɔɪl]
  • US [ rɪˈkɔɪl , ˈriːkɔɪl]
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English definition

    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 or pain;

    • "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
  • 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"

Example sentences

  • If every time you see a stranger you recoil, how will you manage later.

  • Furthermore, it is concluded that each PM subsection works on the different recoil line.

  • Many people will recoil before substantial danger.

  • Let evil recoil on those who slander me; in your faithfulness destroy them.

  • He tends to recoil from making difficult decisions.

  • It is simply a recoil mechanism.

  • The American recoil was sharper.

  • NIV Let evil recoil on those who slander me; in your faithfulness destroy them.

  • Plots recoil upon the plotters.

  • At this time, two layers of pleura separate and lungs contract for the elastic recoil.

  • They are springy and can recoil as mush as an 9 ch under extreme pressure.

  • We shouldn't recoil in the face of difficulty.

  • Ordinary people everywhere recoil and turn away in fear from these fiendish brutes of agents.

  • Gun recoil mechanism feasibility of taking electrorheological fluid as recoil fluid is discussed.

  • The pain of it made him recoil from the exuberance of holiday shoppers.

  • Still, should the scab of the sheep cause the shepherd to recoil?

  • Blobel has to recoil a bit from the blast of heat.

  • Revenge may recoil upon the person who takes it.

  • Most people would recoil at the sight of the snake.

  • Many Christian readers will recoil in horror at Mr Pullman's plunge into heresy.

  • Plots sometimes recoil on [ upon ] the plotters.

  • Come on ! There cannot be such recoil, can there?

  • The policeman fires again, tensed against the recoil, unleashing round after round at his assailant.

  • People used to recoil from the idea of getting into debt.

  • His reaction was as much of a rebuff as a physical recoil.

  • I assembled the weapon, checked the firing and recoil mechanism and loaded it.

  • We are attracted by nice smells and recoil from nasty ones.

Meaning of recoil

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