Jerk or jump or spring back, start, flinch, wince, shrink,blench, balk or baulk, shy (away) (from): He recoiled whenconfronted with the evidence of the gruesome experiments withlive animals. 2 rebound, bounce back, resile, kick back: Whenfired, the gun recoiled, bruising his shoulder.
N.
Kick, rebound, repercussion, backlash: He wasunprepared for the violent recoil of the old gun.
Oxford
V. & n.
V.intr.
Suddenly move or spring back in fear,horror, or disgust.
Shrink mentally in this way.
Reboundafter an impact.
(foll. by on, upon) have an adverse reactiveeffect on (the originator).
(of a gun) be driven backwards byits discharge.
Retreat under an enemy's attack.
Physics(of an atom etc.) move backwards by the conservation of momentumon emission of a particle.
N. also 1 the act or an instanceof recoiling.
The sensation of recoiling. [ME f. OF reculer(as RE-, L culus buttocks)]
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