recoil in English

noun
1
the action of recoiling.
his body jerked with the recoil of the rifle
synonyms:kickbackkick
verb
1
suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust.
he recoiled in horror
synonyms:draw backjump backpull backflinchshy awayshrink (back)
noun
verb

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1. Short recoil.

2. Dual Berettas Recoil Compensation

3. The American recoil was sharper.

4. The HK Caws is a gas-assisted, recoil-operated, select-fire bullpup combat shotgun with a recoil-reducing mechanism

5. Recoil Operated (Locked Breech) Let’s take a look at the difference between Blowback pistols and recoil operated or locked breech pistols

6. The chipping occurs as a result of recoil.

7. Backlash definition, a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil

8. To Cringe is to shrink or recoil in embarrassment.

9. Now when we first hear this data, we recoil.

10. Revenge may recoil upon the person who takes it.

11. The recoil of the gun sent him flying backwards.

12. MP-446 is short recoil-operated, locked breech pistol.

13. Most people would recoil at the sight of the snake.

14. And because we instinctively cherish our lives, we recoil from danger.

15. I witnessed some of the friends we'd grown up with recoil.

16. An evil deed may recoil on the head of the doer.

17. You recoil, then you snarl at yourself and move your other arm.

18. The recoil of a gun is also a manifestation of momentum conservation.

19. Another word for Blench: recoil, start, shy, shrink, hesitate Collins English Thesaurus

20. Resile, Arsle - To resile or Arsle is to recoil, retreat, or draw back

21. Some common synonyms of Blench are flinch, quail, recoil, shrink, and wince

22. 23 An evil deed may recoil on the head of the doer.

23. We recoil in horror from the thought of subjecting someone to extreme pain.

24. Blowback operated firearms usually have more recoil than similarly chambered locked breech firearms

25. The recoil was so violent it almost tore the weapon from his grasp.

26. Many people recoil with horror when they see a big spider like this.

27. "Bipod and repurposed polymer pistol grip for improved recoil control." — Gunsmith description

28. I squeeze the trigger, recoil, smell the metallic smoke, hear the shotgun crack.

29. 16 Still, should the scab of the sheep cause the shepherd to recoil?

30. Synonyms for Blench include recoil, shrink, flinch, wince, cringe, quail, shy, start, shudder and falter

31. 49 synonyms for Cringe: shrink, flinch, quail, recoil, start, shy, tremble, quiver, cower, draw back

32. Ballistocardiograms (BCGs) are graphical representations of the recoil from the pumping action of the heart

33. Ordinary people everywhere recoil and turn away in fear from these fiendish brutes of agents.

34. The muscle has the ability to recoil, but when it wastes away, the tissue hasn't.

35. Ballistocardiograms (BCGs) are graphical representations of the recoil from the pumping action of the heart

36. Any self respecting managing director in industry would recoil at the last Feethams balance sheet.

37. I suspect that some readers will recoil from Jaynes' chilly, offhand assessment of his desiccated marriage.

38. Are your groupings low and all over the target? You might be Anticipating the recoil or flinching

39. A Bipod stabilizes your rifle during firing, increases precision shooting, decreases the recoil, and improves accuracy

40. Berserks allow the user to decrease weapon recoil, increase resistances, melee damage and heal on kill

41. The reason being is that a Bipod isn’t going to do much to help deal with recoil.

42. Synonyms for Abominate include abhor, despise, detest, hate, loathe, dislike, execrate, recoil from, shudder at and disapprove

43. After calculations had verified that the designed rifle would have effectively no recoil, preliminary tests were carried out.

44. I recoil at the idea of opting in as strongly as I hurt at the implications of opting out.

45. The Blowback action causes the slide to shoot back with each shot and that adds recoil, just like a …

46. This simple design permits the compressed springs (84) to equilibrate the gun while the acme threads absorb recoil forces.

47. When the expanded adsorption layer is gradually compressed, particles of lower energy are stopped, resulting in decreased recoil activity.

48. The rapidity and sinuosity of its motions, its quick spring and sharp recoil, prove the Aptness of the illustration.

49. Specifications The BreachersGrip is the perfect recoil-reducing stock for one-handed operation in close-quarter combat or home defense

50. The recoil gives you added stability, but you must take care that it doesn't thrust you backwards and off balance.