RECOIL
\ɹɪkˈɔ͡ɪl], \ɹɪkˈɔɪl], \ɹ_ɪ_k_ˈɔɪ_l]\
Definitions of RECOIL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
Sort: Oldest first
-
a movement back from an impact
-
spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
By Princeton University
-
a movement back from an impact
-
spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.
-
To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink.
-
To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
-
To draw or go back.
-
The state or condition of having recoiled.
-
Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged.
By Oddity Software
-
To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.
-
To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink.
-
To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
-
To draw or go back.
-
The state or condition of having recoiled.
-
Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged.
By Noah Webster.
-
A shrinking back; a rebound; the sudden backward motion, or kick, of a gun after it is fired.
-
To start back, as in dismay, fear, etc.; spring back; rebound; as, a gun recoils; retreat; as, she recoiled as the burglar approached.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald