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recoil
English
- 🔊 a movement back from an impact
- 🔊 the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
- 🔊 spring back, as from a forceful thrust“The gun kicked back into my shoulder”
- 🔊 come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect“Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”
- 🔊 spring back“The rubber ball bounced”
- 🔊 draw back, as with fear or pain“she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf”
Spanish
- 🔊 reacción recoil
- 🔊 retroceso recoil
- 🔊 retroceder to recoil