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- [verb ri-koil; noun ree-koil, ri-koil]
- /verb rɪˈkɔɪl; noun ˈriˌkɔɪl, rɪˈkɔɪl/
- /rɪˈkɔɪl/
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- [verb ri-koil; noun ree-koil, ri-koil]
- /verb rɪˈkɔɪl; noun ˈriˌkɔɪl, rɪˈkɔɪl/
Definitions of recoil word
- verb without object recoil to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust. 1
- verb without object recoil to spring or fly back, as in consequence of force of impact or the force of the discharge, as a firearm. 1
- verb without object recoil to spring or come back; react (usually followed by on or upon): Plots frequently recoil upon the plotters. 1
- verb without object recoil Physics. (of an atom, a nucleus, or a particle) to undergo a change in momentum as a result either of a collision with an atom, a nucleus, or a particle or of the emission of a particle. 1
- noun recoil an act of recoiling. 1
- noun recoil the distance through which a weapon moves backward after discharging. 1
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Origin of recoil
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English recoilen, reculen (v.) < Old French reculer, equivalent to re- re- + -culer, verbal derivative of cul rump, buttocks; see culet
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Parts of speech for Recoil
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verb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
recoil popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
recoil usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for recoil
verb recoil
- answer back — If someone, especially a child, answers back, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them.
- avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- backfire — If a plan or project backfires, it has the opposite result to the one that was intended.
- back down — If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
- backlashed — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
noun recoil
- avoidance — Avoidance of someone or something is the act of avoiding them.
- backlash — A backlash against a tendency or recent development in society or politics, is a sudden, strong reaction against it.
- double-take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
- follow-through — the completion of a motion, as in the stroke of a tennis racket.
- follow-up — the act of following up.
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