Meaning Of Recoil

v. i.

To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.
v. i.

To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink.
v. i.

To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
v. t.

To draw or go back.
n.

A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood.
n.

The state or condition of having recoiled.
n.

Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged.