recoil in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
recoil in Marathi मराठी
recoil in Urdu اُردُو
recoil in English
- recoil⇄noun recoiler.
- recoil⇄noun 1. a drawing or springing back; recoiling.
Ex. This is the expulsion of a jet of gas or other substance in one direction causing a recoil or thrust in the opposite direction. (New York Times).
2. a state of having recoiled.
Ex. in - recoil⇄recoil, verb, noun.
- recoil⇄v.i. 1. to draw back; shrink back.
Ex. Most people would recoil at seeing a snake in the path. The ... British had recoiled five and twenty miles (H. G. Wells).
(SYN) flinch.
2. to spring back.
Ex. The gun recoiled after I fired