Main entry: recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash
Definition: a movement back from an impact
Definition: the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
Main entry: recoil, kick, kick back
Definition: spring back, as from a forceful thrust
Usage: The gun kicked back into my shoulder
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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