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Noun recoil has 2 senses
- recoil, kick - the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
--1 is a kind of movement, motion
- recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash - a movement back from an impact
--2 is a kind of movement, motion
--2 has particulars:
Verb recoil has 3 senses
- flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
--1 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet - spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
--2 is one way to jump, leap, bound, spring
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- kick back, recoil, kick - spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"
--3 is one way to bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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