the action of recoiling:his body jerked with the recoil of the rifle
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1suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust:he recoiled in horror
feel fear, horror, or disgust at the thought of something:Ronni felt herself recoil at the very thought
2rebound or spring back through force of impact or elasticity:the muscle has the ability to recoil
(of a gun) move abruptly backwards as a reaction on firing a bullet, shell, or other missile:the rifle recoiled
(recoil on/upon) (of an action) have an adverse reactive effect on (the originator):if man upsets his planetary ecosystem it will automatically recoil upon him
