Definitions for recoil
  • Recoil (v. i.) - To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.
  • Recoil (v. i.) - To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink.
  • Recoil (v. i.) - To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
  • Recoil (v. t.) - To draw or go back.
  • Recoil (n.) - A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood.
  • Recoil (n.) - The state or condition of having recoiled.
  • Recoil (n.) - Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged.
  • Recoiled (imp. & p. p.) - of Recoil
  • Recoiler (n.) - One who, or that which, recoils.
  • Recoilers - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Recoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) - of Recoil
  • Recoilingly (adv.) - In the manner of a recoil.
  • Recoilment (n.) - Recoil.
  • Recoils - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
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2 Letter Words
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3 Letter Words
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