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English noun: recoil | |||
| 1. | recoil (event) the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired | ||
| Synonyms | kick | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motion, movement | ||
| 2. | recoil (event) a movement back from an impact | ||
| Synonyms | backlash, rebound, repercussion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motion, movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bounce, bouncing, carom, resilience, resiliency, ricochet | ||
English verb: recoil | |||
| 1. | recoil (motion) draw back, as with fear or pain | ||
| Samples | She flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf. | ||
| Synonyms | cringe, flinch, funk, quail, shrink, squinch, wince | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | retract, shrink back | ||
| 2. | recoil (social) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect | ||
| Samples | Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble. | ||
| Synonyms | backfire, backlash | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place | ||
| 3. | recoil (motion) spring back; spring away from an impact | ||
| Samples | The rubber ball bounced. These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide. | ||
| Synonyms | bounce, bound, rebound, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bound, jump, leap, spring | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bound off, carom, kick, kick back, recoil, skip | ||
| 4. | recoil (contact) spring back, as from a forceful thrust | ||
| Samples | The gun kicked back into my shoulder. | ||
| Synonyms | kick, kick back | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop | ||
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