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recoil

Nouns

• (n) the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired kick,
• (n) a movement back from an impact backlash, rebound, repercussion,

Verbs

• (v) draw back, as with fear or pain
  • she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
  cringe, flinch, funk, quail, wince, shrink, squinch,
• (v) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
  • Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble
  backfire, backlash,
• (v) spring back; spring away from an impact
  • The rubber ball bounced
  • These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
  bounce, rebound, ricochet, take a hop, resile, spring, bound, reverberate,
• (v) spring back, as from a forceful thrust
  • The gun kicked back into my shoulder
  kick back, kick,

Synonyms

cringe flinch funk quail wince shrink squinch kick backfire backlash rebound repercussion bounce ricochet take a hop resile spring bound reverberate kick back

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