How to pronounce “recoil”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking.
• The state or condition of having recoiled.
• (firearms) The energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle.
• An escapement in which, after each beat, the scape-wheel recoils slightly.
• [Verb]
• To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment. [from 16th c.]
• (archaic) To recoil before an opponent. [from 14th c.]
• (weaponry) Of a firearm: to quickly push back when fired.
• (obsolete) To retire, withdraw. [15th–18th c.]

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