RECOIL meaning: Kickback when firing a gun

We found 33 dictionaries that define the word recoil:

General (25 matching dictionaries)

recoil: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
recoil: Merriam-Webster
recoil: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
recoil: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
recoil: Collins English Dictionary
recoil: Vocabulary.com
Recoil, recoil: Wordnik
recoil: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
recoil: Wiktionary
recoil: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
recoil: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
Recoil, recoil: Dictionary.com
recoil (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
recoil: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Recoil (album), Recoil (band), Recoil (disambiguation), Recoil (fluid behavior), Recoil (magazine), Recoil (video game), Recoil, The Recoil: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Recoil: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
recoil: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
recoil: Rhymezone
recoil: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
recoil: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
recoil: FreeDictionary.org
recoil: Mnemonic Dictionary
recoil: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)

recoil: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

recoil: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)

Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
recoil: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

recoil: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)

From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

Recoil: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking.
▸ noun:  The state or condition of having recoiled.
▸ noun:  (firearms) 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.
▸ noun:  An escapement in which, after each beat, the scape-wheel recoils slightly.
▸ verb:  To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment.
▸ verb:  (archaic) To retreat before an opponent.
▸ verb:  (weaponry) Of a firearm: to quickly push back when fired.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To retire, withdraw.

Similar:

kick back, backlash, shrink, rebound, repercussion, bounce, bound, spring, quail, flinch, more...

Opposite:

advance, approach, move forward, progress

Types:

kick, knockback, pushback, punch, slap, thrust, more...

Phrases:

Elastic recoil, recoil upon, recoil spring, recoil pad, nuclear recoil, more...

Adjectives:

elastic, instinctive, natural, nuclear, impetuous, sudden, passive, violent, inward, heavy, slight

Colors:

gunmetal, charcoal, slate gray, steel blue, midnight blue, more...