Recoil

v. i.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Recoiled (rė*koild"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recoiling.]
	1.	To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return. Evil on itself shall back recoil. - Milton. The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . . . that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits. - De Quincey.
	2.	To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink.
	3.	To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
v. t.	1.	To draw or go back.
n.	1.	A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood.
	2.	The state or condition of having recoiled. The recoil from formalism is skepticism. - F. W. Robertson.
	3.	Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged. Recoil dynamometer (Gunnery) an instrument for measuring the force of the recoil of a firearm. Recoil escapement See the Note under Escapement.

Noun	1.	recoil - the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired Synonyms: kick
	2.	recoil - a movement back from an impact Synonyms: backlash, rebound, repercussion
Verb	1.	recoil - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, wince, shrink, squinch
	2.	recoil - spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" Synonyms: bounce, rebound, ricochet, take a hop, resile, spring, bound, reverberate
	3.	recoil - spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder" Synonyms: kick back, kick

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