Meaning of "recoil" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RECOIL

From Old French reculer, from re- + cul rump, from Latin cūlus.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF RECOIL

recoil  [rɪˈkɔɪl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RECOIL

Recoil is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb recoil in English.

WHAT DOES RECOIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Recoil

Recoil (often called knockback, kickback or simply kick) is the backward momentum of a gun when it is discharged. In technical terms, the recoil caused by the gun exactly balances the forward momentum of the projectile and exhaust gasses (ejecta), according to Newton's third law. In most small arms, the momentum is transferred to the ground through the body of the shooter; while in heavier guns such as mounted machine guns or cannons, the momentum is transferred to the ground through its mount. In order to bring the gun to a halt, a forward counter-recoil force must be applied to the gun over a period of time. Generally, the counter-recoil force is smaller than the recoil force, and is applied over a time period that is longer than the time that the recoil force is being applied (i.e. the time during which the ejecta are still in the barrel of the gun). This imbalance of forces causes the gun to move backward until it is motionless. A change in momentum results in a force, which according to Newton's second law is equal to the time derivative of the momentum of the gun. The momentum is equal to the mass of the gun multiplied by its velocity.

Definition of recoil in the English dictionary

The first definition of recoil in the dictionary is to jerk back, as from an impact or violent thrust. Other definition of recoil is to draw back in fear, horror, or disgust. Recoil is also foll by on or upon to go wrong, esp so as to hurt the perpetrator.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RECOIL

PRESENT

Present

I recoil

you recoil

he/she/it recoils

we recoil

you recoil

they recoil

Present continuous

I am recoiling

you are recoiling

he/she/it is recoiling

we are recoiling

you are recoiling

they are recoiling

Present perfect

I have recoiled

you have recoiled

he/she/it has recoiled

we have recoiled

you have recoiled

they have recoiled

Present perfect continuous

I have been recoiling

you have been recoiling

he/she/it has been recoiling

we have been recoiling

you have been recoiling

they have been recoiling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I recoiled

you recoiled

he/she/it recoiled

we recoiled

you recoiled

they recoiled

Past continuous

I was recoiling

you were recoiling

he/she/it was recoiling

we were recoiling

you were recoiling

they were recoiling

Past perfect

I had recoiled

you had recoiled

he/she/it had recoiled

we had recoiled

you had recoiled

they had recoiled

Past perfect continuous

I had been recoiling

you had been recoiling

he/she/it had been recoiling

we had been recoiling

you had been recoiling

they had been recoiling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will recoil

you will recoil

he/she/it will recoil

we will recoil

you will recoil

they will recoil

Future continuous

I will be recoiling

you will be recoiling

he/she/it will be recoiling

we will be recoiling

you will be recoiling

they will be recoiling

Future perfect

I will have recoiled

you will have recoiled

he/she/it will have recoiled

we will have recoiled

you will have recoiled

they will have recoiled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been recoiling

you will have been recoiling

he/she/it will have been recoiling

we will have been recoiling

you will have been recoiling

they will have been recoiling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would recoil

you would recoil

he/she/it would recoil

we would recoil

you would recoil

they would recoil

Conditional continuous

I would be recoiling

you would be recoiling

he/she/it would be recoiling

we would be recoiling

you would be recoiling

they would be recoiling

Conditional perfect

I would have recoil

you would have recoil

he/she/it would have recoil

we would have recoil

you would have recoil

they would have recoil

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been recoiling

you would have been recoiling

he/she/it would have been recoiling

we would have been recoiling

you would have been recoiling

they would have been recoiling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you recoil
we let´s recoil
you recoil

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to recoil

Past participle

recoiled

Present Participle

recoiling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «RECOIL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «recoil» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of recoil

backfire · boomerang · falter · flinch · go pear-shaped · go wrong · kick · kickback · misfire · pull back · quail · react · reaction · rebound · resile · shrink

TRANSLATION OF RECOIL

Find out the translation of recoil to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of recoil from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «recoil» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 躲闪
• Translator English - Spanish: retroceder
• English: recoil
• Translator English - Hindi: हटना
• Translator English - Arabic: نكص
• Translator English - Russian: отдачи
• Translator English - Portuguese: recuar
• Translator English - Bengali: পশ্চাদপসরণ
• Translator English - French: avoir un mouvement de recul
• Translator English - Malay: Mundur
• Translator English - German: zurückweichen
• Translator English - Japanese: 後ずさりする
• Translator English - Korean: 뒷걸음치다
• Translator English - Javanese: Recoil
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bật lên
• Translator English - Tamil: பின்னுதைப்பு
• Translator English - Marathi: अंगलट येणे
• Translator English - Turkish: geri tepme
• Translator English - Italian: indietreggiare
• Translator English - Polish: odrzut
• Translator English - Ukrainian: віддачі
• Translator English - Romanian: recul
• Translator English - Greek: ανάκρουση
• Translator English - Afrikaans: terugslag
• Translator English - Swedish: rekyl
• Translator English - Norwegian: rekyl

5 QUOTES WITH «RECOIL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word recoil.

1

Edward Grey

I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss.

2

Michael Hirst

My instinct is to absolutely recoil when talking about writing in a mechanistic way. Nothing could be dumber than writing a film or TV script based on prescriptions, on other peoples' ideas of what character should be.

3

Jack London

One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.

4

Alfred Nobel

On the day when two army corps may mutually annihilate each other in a second, probably all civilized nations will recoil with horror and disband their troops.

5

Carnie Wilson

Life presents itself in constantly changing ways, but you're able to accept the challenges, rather than recoil, throw up your hands, and go on a binge.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RECOIL»

Discover the use of recoil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to recoil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Forward Recoil Spectrometry: Applications to Hydrogen ...

This unique monograph presents the latest information on a rapidly developing analysis technique important to the ion beam community-thoroughly reviewing physical concepts and experimental research.

Jorge Tirira, Yves Serruys, Patrick Trocellier, 1996

Medical Physiology: Principles for Clinical Medicine

Lungs with abnormally high compliance have low elastic recoil, and additional effort is required to force air out of the lungs. Emphysema is part a broader category termed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a diseased state ...

Rodney Rhoades, David R. Bell, 2009

General Thoracic Surgery

The deflation force exerted by the lung is termed elastic recoil pressure. This pressure increases with lung volume, and the pressure required to maintain inflation equals the elastic recoil. Lung expansion is maintained either by negative ...

Thomas W. Shields, Joseph LoCicero, Carolyn E. Reed, 2009

Repairing Your Outdoor Power Equipment (Trade)

RATCHET RECOIL STARTER A ratchet recoil starter (Figure 1 3-6) uses a ratchet assembly to connect and disconnect the starter rope from the engine. The ratchet recoil starter works like the dog type. A ratchet clutch is used instead of dogs.

Jay Webster, 2001

Gunsmithing - Rifles

Do not do anything to the recoil lug area yet. Leave small islands of unrouted wood to support the stock. Rout the tang area up to your inner line. If you are fully -bedding the action then your routing will extend from the front to the rear action ...

Patrick Sweeney, 1999

Nuclear Physics: An Introduction

(9.12) c where, M is the mass and V is the recoil velocity of nucleus. In this equation hf= 14.4 KeV which is the nominal energy of the y-photon from "Fe. If this recoil momentum is given only to the emitting nucleus, we can at once calculate its ...

S. B. Patel, 1991

Handbook of Nuclear Chemistry: Chemical applications of ...

To estimate the recoil energy which is endowed to the hot atom in nuclear transformation we need some basic knowledge about nuclear reactions.~ In the nuclear reaction A + B->C + D + 0, (1) where A and B are the reacting nuclei, C and D ...

Attila Vértes, Sándor Nagy, Zoltan Klencsár, 2003

Measurement of the W Boson Mass and Width Using a Novel ...

Once we have an accurate description for measured electron energies in our W → eν model, it is necessary to describe the other key observable: the hadronic recoil. Since the recoil is a multi-faceted object with many complex dependences,  ...

Matthew J. Wetstein, 2009

Concepts in Medical Physiology

<D -40 -20 0 Transmural pressure (cm H20) CD -3 I Chest wall recoil pressure Transmural pressure -40 -20 0 Transmural pressure (cm H2O) Figure 16.10 The PV curve for the chest wall in isolation. Chest wall recoil pressure arrows always  ...

Julian Seifter, David Sloane, Austin Ratner, 2005

Starfist: Force Recon: Recoil

David Sherman, Dan Cragg. The miners moved not because the Rock of Ages congregation persecuted them. No, they moved on because the handclapping. singing. shouting, weeping congregants, speaking in tongues and rolling in the dust ...

David Sherman, Dan Cragg, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RECOIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term recoil is used in the context of the following news items.

Hagerty kicks back with Ringbrothers for a look at the Recoil

Of course, the real interest lies in this custom Chevelle, and there's a chance to hear the absolutely ferocious sound from the Recoil's supercharged V8 in this ... «Autoblog, May 15»

Jay Leno Drives RingBrothers' 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle "Recoil …

Finished in BASF Sand Storm paint complemented by exposed carbon-fiber surfaces and racing stripes, the Chevelle "Recoil" boasts a supercharged, ... «Top Speed, Mar 15»

Ringbrothers 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle Recoil Stops By Jay Leno's …

When we first brought you the 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle Recoil last November, we told you this was one build that would not be forgotten. Four months later, the ... «GM Authority, Mar 15»

Markets display total recoil on Fed interest rate rises

Cast your mind back to 2004: a fledgling social networking platform, Facebook, was launched; the television sitcom Friends completed a decade-long run; and ... «Financial Times, Feb 15»

How Recoil Spring Rate Affects Timing

pistol_recoil_spring_weight_F Recoil spring rate must be balanced with the ammunition in order to keep the gun running reliably and to prevent excess wear ... «Shooting Times Magazine, Jan 15»

Guide Lines: The long search for a gun without recoil pays DICK …

But the recoil was enough that we had to have a stocksmith rebuild the pistol grip as my middle finger was getting bruised badly by the trigger guard each time I ... «The Union Leader, Dec 14»

The Ringbrothers 980 HP Chevrolet Chevelle Recoil: SEMA 2014

The Chevelle “Recoil” also features a Dynotech driveshaft, Flowmaster mufflers, John's Industries 35-spline Ford rear-end, and a Bowler Tremec T56 ... «GM Authority, Nov 14»

Ring Brothers stun SEMA with blown, 980-horsepower Chevy …

The Ring Brothers are back at it for the 2014 SEMA Show, unveiling a suitably wild 980-horsepower Chevrolet Chevelle that goes by the name of Recoil. Yes ... «Autoblog, Nov 14»

Total recoil? Gun simulator targets army and sofa warriors

Their visit was almost delayed when Her Majesty's Customs took a long, careful look at their invention: The Striker Virtual Recoil (VR) simulation gun. It is a fake ... «BBC News, Oct 14»

Ringbrothers previews 980-hp Recoil before SEMA Show

The custom shop has released a teaser image of the upcoming show car which we feel really could make showgoers recoil with its sinister look alone. «AutoWeek, Oct 14»