Recoil
Recoil is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 8 points
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 2
- How common
- Less common
Meaning of recoil
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nounThe backward jerk of a gun when it is fired.
Similar: kick
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nounA movement back from an impact.
Similar: repercussion , rebound , backlash
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verbDraw back, as with fear or pain.
“she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf”
Similar: flinch , squinch , funk , cringe , shrink , wince , quail
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verbCome back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect.
“Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”
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verbSpring back; spring away from an impact.
“The rubber ball bounced”
Similar: bounce , resile , spring , bound , rebound , reverberate , ricochet
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of recoil
Words inside recoil
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- relic7
- oiler5
- oleic7
- oriel5
- ceorl7
- reoil5
- role4
- cole6
- core6
- rice6
- coil6
- lice6
- lore4
- ceil6
- cero6
- cire6
- coir6
- lier4
- lire4
- loci6
- riel4
- rile4
- roil4
- orle4
- ice5
- oil3
- lie3
- ore3
- col5
- cor5
- ire3
- lei3
- ole3
- orc5
- rec5
- rei3
- roc5
- roe3
- cel5
Words that rhyme with recoil
- oil
- soil
- boil
- coil
- foil
- spoil
- toil
- broil
- hoyle
- roil
- embroil
- uncoil
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