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recoil, v.
(recoiled, recoiling, recoils)
freq. cnt. 2

draw back, as with fear or pain
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cringe flinch funk quail recoil shrink squinch wince

sample sentences

"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

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shrink back, retract

spring back, as from a forceful thrust
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

kick kick back recoil

sample sentences

"The gun kicked back into my shoulder"

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bounce, spring, bound, rebound, ricochet, resile, take a hop, recoil, reverberate

spring back; spring away from an impact
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

bounce bound rebound recoil resile reverberate ricochet spring take a hop

sample sentences

"The rubber ball bounced"
"These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

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resilient resiliency

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kick back, recoil, kick skip, bound off carom

hypernym

leap, jump, spring, bound

come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
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backfire backlash recoil

sample sentences

"Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
"the political movie backlashed on the Democrats"

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happen, occur, take place, go on, pass, come about, hap, pass off, fall out