Definizione monolingua

recoil

recoil (third-person singular simple present recoils, present participle recoiling, simple past and past participle recoiled)

1. To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment.

   He recoiled in disgust when he saw the mess.

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To retire, withdraw.
   • 1590, Edmund Spendser, The Faerie Queene, I.x:

     Ye both forwearied be: therefore a whyle / Iread you rest, and to your bowres recoyle.

recoil (plural recoils)

1. (firearms) The amount of energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle.

Definizione dizionario recoil

	rinculo
	pushback from a fired firearm

contraccolpo

indietreggiare

retrocedere

rinculare

Altri significati:

To spring away from an impact.

(obsolete, intransitive) To retire, withdraw.

quail (at)

to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment

To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment.

(firearms) The amount of energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle.

(physical) recoil