Unscramble recoil

Definition of recoil

noun:

• the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired. Synonyms: kick.
• a movement back from an impact. Synonyms: backlash, rebound, repercussion.

verb:

• draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf". Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, shrink, squinch, wince.
• come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble". Synonyms: backfire, backlash.
• spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced", "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide". Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop.
• spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder". Synonyms: kick, kick back.

Related words

bounce, bouncing, carom, kick, resilience, resiliency, retract, ricochet, skip.

Rhymes with

boil, boyle, broil, coil, embroil, foil, hoyle, oil, roil, soil, spoil, toil, uncoil.