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Learn the meaning of recoil as a verb and a noun, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Recoil can mean to fall back, shrink, spring back, or the kickback of a gun.
traducir RECOIL: retroceder, rehuir, retroceso, culatazo, recular, dar un culatazo, retroceso, culatazo. Más información en el diccionario inglés-español.
Report an error or suggest an improvement. 'recoil' aparece también en las siguientes entradas: In the English description: backlash - balk - boomerang - kick - kick back - kickback - wince. Spanish: rebufo - reculativa - retroceso - recular. Synonyms: withdraw, turn away, shrink from, draw back, step back, more...
Recoil can be a verb meaning to move back because of fear or disgust, or to refuse to accept an idea or principle. It can also be a noun meaning the sudden backward movement of a gun when it is fired.
verb (used without object) to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust. Synonyms: falter, flinch, quail, withdraw. to spring or fly back, as in consequence of force of impact or the force of the discharge, as a firearm. Synonyms: rebound.
1. verbo. If something makes you recoil, you move your body quickly away from it because it frightens, offends, or hurts you. For a moment I thought he was going to kiss me. I recoiled in horror. [VERB] We are attracted by nice smells and recoil from nasty ones. [VERB + from] Recoil is also a noun .
[rɪˈkɔɪl ] verbo intransitivo. [person] echarse atrás ⧫ retroceder. [gun] dar un culatazo. to recoil from sth retroceder or dar marcha atrás ante algo. to recoil from doing sth rehuir hacer algo. to recoil in fear retroceder espantado. sustantivo. (at disgusting sight) retroceso m. [of gun] culatazo m. Copyright © by HarperCollins Publishers.
