recoil

1. v. i. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return. Source: opted

2. v. i. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink. Source: opted

3. v. i. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire. Source: opted

4. v. t. To draw or go back. Source: opted

5. n. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood. Source: opted

6. n. The state or condition of having recoiled. Source: opted

7. n. Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged. Source: opted

8. n. the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired Source: wordnet

9. n. a movement back from an impact Source: wordnet

10. v. draw back, as with fear or pain Source: wordnet

11. v. come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect Source: wordnet

12. v. spring back; spring away from an impact Source: wordnet

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