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flinch: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" backfire: come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble" the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired bounce: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" a movement back from an impact kick back: spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"
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1. To react to unexpected stimulus by jumping or moving backwards. 2. The backwards force resulting from the expelling of an object out of a device (ie a nail gun).
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The backward thrust or "kick" of a gun caused by the powder gases pushing the bullet through the bore and the jet effect of the gases themselves.
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The rearward motion or "kick" of a gun on firing. Recoil in shooting is the practical effect of Newton's Third Law of Motion: for every action there is and opposite and equal reaction.
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the portion of an atom from which an alpha particle or other subatomic particle has been given off; this remaining part recoils with a velocity inversely proportional to its mass.
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