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recoil::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | backlash, rebound, repercussion |
| Type of | movement, motion |
| Has types | carom, bouncing, bounce, resiliency, resilience, ricochet |
recoil::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | kick, kick back |
| Type of | bound, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop, bounce, rebound |
Examples of recoil
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Try to imagine yourself doing it, and your mind will probably recoil in disgust.
From the forbes.com
Instead of recoil, they offer rigorous standards for what patriotism should be.
From the washingtonpost.com
For home defense the shotgun is an excellent choice if you can handle the recoil.
From the economist.com
The low recoil of the cartridge makes it ideal for introductory firearms courses.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Sponsors will recoil in horror, as will anyone remotely connected with the RFU.
From the guardian.co.uk
Another issue, when choosing or developing a cartridge, is the issue of recoil.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Hard-nosed policy-makers recoil from mushy intangibles that defy human nature.
From the theatlantic.com
While dramatically effective, such techniques cause documentary purists to recoil.
From the nytimes.com
There is no recoil to speak of, and damage models seem completely out of sync.
From the washingtonpost.com
- The backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
- Flinch: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
- A movement back from an impact
- Backfire: come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
- Bounce: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
- Kick back: spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"
- Recoil (often called kickback or simply kick) is the backward momentum of a gun when it is discharged. In technical terms, the recoil caused by the gun exactly balances the forward momentum of the projectile, according to Newton's third law. ...
- Recoil is a 1998 action/thriller film written by Richard Preston, Jr., produced by Richard Pepin and Joseph Merhi, directed by Art Camacho and starring Gary Daniels, Gregory A. McKinney, Robin Curtis and Richard Foronjy.
- Recoil is the fourth album released by the four-piece alternative metal music group, Nonpoint. It was their only release through Lava Records.
