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Meanings of recoil in English

Portuguese
repercussão
Catalan
repercussió
Spanish
repercusión

A movement back from an impact.

repercussão
Portuguese
saltar

Spring back; spring away from an impact.

saltar
Portuguese
recuar
Catalan
contreure's
Spanish
recular

Draw back, as with fear or pain.

recuar
Portuguese
coice
Spanish
retroceso

The backward jerk of a gun when it is fired.

coice
Usage of recoil in English
1
She said, 'I suppose there will be a certain amount of recoil.'
61 hours
2
This was a good weapon, well-balanced, large trigger, rubber grip, short recoil.
While galileo preys
3
The recoil would bury it in the earth if they tried that.
The Belgians to the Front
4
But I was ashamed to recoil in the presence of the hunter.
A Journey into the Interior of the Earth
5
Some recoil in terror before that test; others, feeble and affrighted, vacillate.
The Confession of a Child of the Century — Volume 3
6
The recoil did not wound him: there was no hate in it.
The Parisians — Volume 11
7
The recoil of the heavy gun nearly knocked me off the horse.
Allan's Wife
8
The advocate felt that Juliette would certainly recoil from him in horror.
The Lerouge Case
9
The sight that met his eyes caused him to recoil in horror.
Under the Ocean to the South Pole; Or, the Strange Cruise of the...
10
He saw me recoil; it was nearly two hundred and fifty dollars.
Country driving: a journey through china from farm to factory
11
Would he just push right through her or would which she recoil?
Wired
12
Every recoil weakened him and his body sagged further to the floor.
Fresh
13
The real key is learning how to be one with the recoil.
Monster Hunter International
14
So they wondered if children were ever born without the recoil reflex.
61 hours
15
But now something else has come into me, a feeling of recoil.
A monster's notes
16
But compassion, in a moment, got the better of her instinctive recoil.
The House of Mirth
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Recoil across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common