recoil
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Noun
- The backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
- A movement back from an impact
Verb
- Draw back, as with fear or pain
- Come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
- Spring back; spring away from an impact
- Spring back, as from a forceful thrust
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