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R IY0 K OY1 L
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A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
the recoil of nature, or of the blood
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The state or condition of having recoiled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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The 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
An escapement in which, after each beat, the scape-wheel recoils slightly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
He recoiled in disgust when he saw the mess.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To recoil before an opponent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
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Of a firearm: to quickly push back when fired.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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To retire, withdraw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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a movement back from an impact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: repercussion, rebound, backlash
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: movement, motion
Narrower terms: bounce, bouncing, resilience, resiliency, ricochet, carom
the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: kick
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: movement, motion
spring back, as from a forceful thrust
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The gun kicked back into my shoulder
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kick back, kick
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
spring back; spring away from an impact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The rubber ball bounced These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, reverberate, ricochet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: jump, leap, bound, spring
Narrower terms: kick back, recoil, kick, skip, bound off, carom
draw back, as with fear or pain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, quail
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move
Narrower terms: shrink back, retract
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: backfire, backlash
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
From Old French reculer. Further from Latin re- + cūlus.
Across languages
Translations 102 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
откат
(otkat)
— pushback from a fired firearm
Chinese Mandarin :
後坐力 /后坐力
(hòuzuòlì)
— pushback from a fired firearm
Chinese Mandarin :
後坐 /后坐
(hòuzuò)
— pushback from a fired firearm
Chinese Mandarin :
後座力 /后座力
(hòuzuòlì)
— pushback from a fired firearm
Czech :
zpětný ráz
— pushback from a fired firearm
Danish :
rekyl
— pushback from a fired firearm
Dutch :
terugslag
— pushback from a fired firearm
Faroese :
baksláttur
— pushback from a fired firearm
Finnish :
rekyyli
— pushback from a fired firearm
Finnish :
potkaisu
— pushback from a fired firearm
French :
recul
— pushback from a fired firearm
German :
Rückstoß
— pushback from a fired firearm
German :
Rückschlag
— pushback from a fired firearm
Italian :
rinculo
— pushback from a fired firearm
Japanese :
反動
(handō)
— pushback from a fired firearm
Japanese :
後座
(kōza)
— pushback from a fired firearm
Macedonian :
отскок
(otskok)
— pushback from a fired firearm
Māori :
whana
— pushback from a fired firearm
Norwegian :
rekyl
— pushback from a fired firearm
Norwegian :
tilbakeslag
— pushback from a fired firearm
Norwegian :
tilbakestøt
— pushback from a fired firearm
Norwegian :
tilbakevirkning
— pushback from a fired firearm
Occitan :
recul
— pushback from a fired firearm
Polish :
odrzut
— pushback from a fired firearm
Portuguese :
coice
— pushback from a fired firearm
Portuguese :
recuo
— pushback from a fired firearm
Romanian :
recul
— pushback from a fired firearm
Russian :
отда́ча
(otdáča)
— pushback from a fired firearm
Russian :
отка́т
(otkát)
— pushback from a fired firearm
Spanish :
retroceso
— pushback from a fired firearm
Spanish :
culatazo
— pushback from a fired firearm
Spanish :
coz
— pushback from a fired firearm
Swedish :
rekyl
— pushback from a fired firearm
Tagalog :
balisikad
— pushback from a fired firearm
Bulgarian :
отдръпвам се
(otdrǎpvam se)
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Chinese Mandarin :
後退 /后退
(hòutuì)
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Chinese Mandarin :
畏縮 /畏缩
(wèisuō)
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Czech :
stáhnout se
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Czech :
odtáhnout se
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Czech :
ucuknout
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Czech :
zhrozit se
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Danish :
trække sig tilbage
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Dutch :
terugtrekken
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Dutch :
terugdeinzen
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Dutch :
terugschrikken
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Finnish :
hätkähtää
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
French :
reculer
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
German :
zurückschrecken
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Hungarian :
visszahőköl
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Hungarian :
hátrahőköl
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Hungarian :
elborzad
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Hungarian :
visszaretten
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Hungarian :
elretten
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Hungarian :
megrökönyödik
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Hungarian :
eliszonyodik
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Italian :
ritrarsi
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Japanese :
跳ね返る
(hanekaeru)
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Latin :
recellō
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Māori :
eti
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Māori :
komi
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Māori :
maopo
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Norwegian :
rekylere
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Norwegian :
spenne tilbake
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Norwegian :
sprette tilbake
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Norwegian :
springe tilbake
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Norwegian :
trekke seg tilbake
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Norwegian :
gyse tilbake
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Occitan :
recular
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Portuguese :
recuo
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Portuguese :
coice (da arma)
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Portuguese :
recuar
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Romanian :
recula
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Russian :
отпря́дывать
(otprjádyvatʹ)
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Russian :
отпря́нуть
(otprjánutʹ)
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Russian :
отша́тываться
(otšátyvatʹsja)
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Russian :
отшатну́ться
(otšatnútʹsja)
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Serbo-Croatian :
устукнути
(ustuknuti)
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Spanish :
echarse atrás
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Spanish :
recular
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Spanish :
recejar
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Ottoman Turkish :
پوصمق
(pusmak)
— to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
Bulgarian :
отскачам
(otskačam)
— of a firearm, to push back
Bulgarian :
давам откат
(davam otkat)
— of a firearm, to push back
Catalan :
recular
— of a firearm, to push back
Czech :
kopnout
— of a firearm, to push back
Finnish :
potkaista
— of a firearm, to push back
German :
zurückschlagen
— of a firearm, to push back
German :
einen Ruckschlag erzeugen
— of a firearm, to push back
Hungarian :
visszarúg
— of a firearm, to push back
Hungarian :
hátrarúg
— of a firearm, to push back
Irish :
frithbhuail
— of a firearm, to push back
Italian :
rinculare
— of a firearm, to push back
Macedonian :
отскокнува
(otskoknuva)
— of a firearm, to push back
Māori :
whana
— of a firearm, to push back
Māori :
tupana
— of a firearm, to push back
Māori :
turapa
— of a firearm, to push back
Romanian :
recula
— of a firearm, to push back
Spanish :
recular
— of a firearm, to push back
Spanish :
dar culatazo
— of a firearm, to push back
Spanish :
diñar coz
— of a firearm, to push back
Spanish :
recejar
— of a firearm, to push back
Welsh :
adlamu
— of a firearm, to push back
