Another word for recoil
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Verb
To jerk backward, as a gun upon firing
- To spring or bounce back after hitting or colliding with something.
- To recover, as from depression or disappointment.
- To reecho; resound.
See also:To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust
- To shrink or start involuntarily, as in pain or distress; flinch.
- A shrinking or startled movement or gesture.
- To begin a movement, activity, or undertaking:
- To move on the initial part of a journey:
- To have a beginning; commence:
- Easily startled; timid:
- Tending to avoid contact or familiarity with others; retiring or reserved:
- Characterized by reserve or diffidence:
- To become or appear to become smaller:
- To become smaller from exposure to heat, moisture, or cold:
- To become reduced in amount or value; dwindle:
- Any of various primarily ground-dwelling birds of the genus Coturnix, especially C. coturnix, small in size and having mottled brown plumage and a short tail.
- Any of various similar or related birds of the Americas, such as the bobwhite or the California quail.
- To start or wince involuntarily, as from surprise or pain.
- To recoil, as from something unpleasant or difficult; shrink.
- An act or instance of starting, wincing, or recoiling.
- To shrink back, as in fear; cower.
- To behave in a servile way; fawn.
- An act or instance of cringing.
- To draw back or shy away, as from fear; flinch.
Noun
An act of drawing back in an involuntary or instinctive fashion
- To shrink or start involuntarily, as in pain or distress; flinch.
- A shrinking or startled movement or gesture.
- To become or appear to become smaller:
- To become smaller from exposure to heat, moisture, or cold:
- To become reduced in amount or value; dwindle:
- To start or wince involuntarily, as from surprise or pain.
- To recoil, as from something unpleasant or difficult; shrink.
- An act or instance of starting, wincing, or recoiling.
- To shrink back, as in fear; cower.
- To behave in a servile way; fawn.
- An act or instance of cringing.
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Another word for recoil
Verb
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- Any of various primarily ground-dwelling birds of the genus Coturnix, especially C. coturnix, small in size and having mottled brown plumage and a short tail.
- Any of various similar or related birds of the Americas, such as the bobwhite or the California quail.
- Any of various wild or domesticated waterbirds of the family Anatidae, characteristically having a broad flat bill, short legs, and webbed feet.
- A female duck.
- The flesh of a duck used as food.
- To shrink back, as in fear; cower.
- To behave in a servile way; fawn.
- An act or instance of cringing.
- To shrink or start involuntarily, as in pain or distress; flinch.
- A shrinking or startled movement or gesture.
- To turn aside or be turned aside from a straight path or established pattern.
- The act of swerving.
- To avoid (a blow, for example) by moving or shifting quickly aside.
- To evade (an obligation, for example) by cunning, trickery, or deceit:
- To blunt or reduce the intensity of (a section of a photograph) by shading during the printing process.
- To be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence; waver:
- To speak hesitatingly; stammer:
- To move unsteadily or haltingly; stumble:
- To avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).
- To avoid work or duty.
- To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly.
- To look in astonishment or disbelief, typically with the eyes blinking:
- To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint:
- To voice opposition; object:
- To enter a demurrer.
- To delay.
- To begin a movement, activity, or undertaking:
- To move on the initial part of a journey:
- To have a beginning; commence:
- To start or wince involuntarily, as from surprise or pain.
- To recoil, as from something unpleasant or difficult; shrink.
- An act or instance of starting, wincing, or recoiling.
- To take back or away; remove:
- To cause to leave or return:
- To remove (money) from an account.
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