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