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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re-coil (rē koil′),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i. - to coil again.
re•coil (v. ri koil′;n. rē′koil′, ri koil′),USA pronunciation v.i. - to draw back;
start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust. - to spring or fly back, as in consequence of force of impact or the force of the discharge, as a firearm.
- to spring or come back;
react (usually fol. by on or upon):Plots frequently recoil upon the plotters. - Physics(of an atom, a nucleus, or a particle) to undergo a change in momentum as a result either of a collision with an atom, a nucleus, or a particle or of the emission of a particle.
n. - an act of recoiling.
- the distance through which a weapon moves backward after discharging.
- Old French reculer, equivalent. to re- re- + -culer, verb, verbal derivative of cul rump, buttocks; see culet
- Middle English recoilen, reculen (verb, verbal) 1175–1225
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged withdraw, quail, flinch, falter. See wince.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rebound.
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