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recoil

(r/i/'k//Oi//l )

the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired(noun.event)

Synonym:
kick

source: wordnet30
a movement back from an impact(noun.event)

Synonym:
backlash, rebound, repercussion

source: wordnet30
A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood.(noun)

source: webster1913

draw back, as with fear or pain(verb.motion)

Synonym:
cringe, flinch, funk, quail, shrink, squinch, wince

source: wordnet30
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect(verb.social)

Synonym:
backfire, backlash

source: wordnet30
spring back; spring away from an impact(verb.motion)

Synonym:
bounce, bound, rebound, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop

source: wordnet30
spring back, as from a forceful thrust(verb.contact)

Synonym:
kick, kick back

source: wordnet30
To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.(verb)

source: webster1913
To draw or go back.(verb)

source: webster1913

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