Synonyms: recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash
Definition: a movement back from an impact
Similar words: motion, movement
Definition: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
Definition: the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
Similar words: motion, movement
Definition: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
Synonyms: recoil, kick, kick back
Definition: spring back, as from a forceful thrust
Usage: The gun kicked back into my shoulder
Similar words: spring, bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, take a hop
Definition: spring back; spring away from an impact
Usage: The rubber ball bounced; These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
Synonyms: spring, bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, take a hop
Definition: spring back; spring away from an impact
Usage: The rubber ball bounced; These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
Similar words: spring, jump, leap, bound
Definition: move forward by leaps and bounds
Usage: The horse bounded across the meadow; The child leapt across the puddle; Can you jump over the fence?
Synonyms: cringe, wince, squinch, shrink, flinch, funk, quail, recoil
Definition: draw back, as with fear or pain
Usage: she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
Similar words: move
Definition: move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
Usage: He moved his hand slightly to the right
Synonyms: backlash, backfire, recoil
Definition: come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
Usage: Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble
Similar words: come about, take place, go on, hap, happen, fall out, pass, pass off, occur
Definition: come to pass
Usage: What is happening?; The meeting took place off without an incidence; Nothing occurred that seemed important