recoil
21recoil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Springing back Nouns recoil, reaction, retroaction, revulsion, rebound, ricochet, bounce, boomerang, kick, backlash, repercussion, reflex, return, repulse, repulsion, reverberation, echo; reactionary,… …
22recoil — re|coil1 [ rı kɔıl ] verb intransitive 1. ) to move quickly back from someone or something frightening or unpleasant: She felt him recoil from her. 2. ) to feel very strongly that something is frightening or unpleasant: She recoiled in horror at… …
23recoil — verb 1》 suddenly spring back or flinch in fear, horror, or disgust. ↘feel such emotions at the thought of something. 2》 (of a gun) move abruptly backwards as a reaction on firing. ↘spring back through force of impact or elasticity. 3》… …
24recoil — 1. verb 1) she instinctively recoiled Syn: draw back, jump back, pull back; flinch, shy away, shrink (back) See note at wince 2) he recoiled from the thought Syn: feel revulsion at …
25recoil — recoilingly, adv. v. /ri koyl /; n. /ree koyl , ri koyl /, v.i. 1. to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust. 2. to spring or fly back, as in consequence of force of impact or the force of the discharge, as a firearm. 3 …
26recoil — 1. noun The amount of 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. 2 …
27recoil — verb ADVERB ▪ a bit, a little, slightly ▪ instinctively ▪ As he leaned forward she instinctively recoiled. ▪ instantly ▪ …
28recoil — [13] Recoil has no connection with coil. In fact, etymologically it means virtually ‘withdraw backside first’, for it was coined in French on the basis of cul ‘arse, backside’. This went back to Latin cūlus ‘arse’, which was probably related to… …
29recoil — 1 verb (I) 1 to move back suddenly and quickly from something you dislike or are frightened of (+ from): She recoiled from his touch as if she had been slapped. 2 to feel such a strong dislike of a particular situation that you want to avoid it… …
30recoil — atatranka statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Šaunamojo ginklo parako dujų slėgio jėgos poveikis ginklo (pistoleto, šautuvo, kulkosvaidžio, pabūklo) vamzdžio dugnui. Priklausomai nuo ginklo rūšies ir konstrukcijos atatranką sukelia: pabūklo arba… …
