recoil


recoil - noun

  • the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
  • a movement back from an impact

    • recoil - verb

    • draw back, as with fear or pain
    • come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
    • spring back; spring away from an impact
    • spring back, as from a forceful thrust

    recoil - thesaurus

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

    Scrabble score for recoil

    r is 1 e is 1 c is 3 o is 1 i is 1 l is 1
    Scrabble score = 8

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