Definition of recoil Recoil
/ɹikɔjˈl/ - [reekoyl] - re•coil
We found 19 definitions of recoil from 8 different sources.
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What does recoil mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: recoils |
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| recoil - a movement back from an impact | ||
| repercussion, rebound, backlash | ||
| motion, movement the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" | ||
| bouncing, bounce the quality of a substance that is able to rebound | ||
| resilience, resiliency the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit | ||
| recoil - the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired | ||
| kick | ||
| motion, movement the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- recoil (Noun)
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. - recoil (Verb)
To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment. - recoil (Verb)
To retire, withdraw.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- recoil (v. i.)
To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return. - recoil (v. i.)
To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink. - recoil (v. i.)
To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire. - recoil (v. t.)
To draw or go back. - recoil (n.)
A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood. - recoil (n.)
The state or condition of having recoiled. - recoil (n.)
Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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recoil
A movement back from an impact. -
recoil
To spring away from an impact. -
recoil
To retreat unwillingly and/or suddenly, often caused by sudden pain, shock, scare, fright, surprise, or similar.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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recoil
rē-koil′, v.t. to start back: to rebound: to return: to shrink from.—n. a starting or springing back: rebound: an escapement in which after each beat the escape-wheel recoils slightly.—n. Recoil′er, one who recoils.—adj. Recoil′ing.—adv. Recoil′ingly.—n. Recoil′ment. [Fr. reculer—L. re-, back, Fr. cul, the hinder part—L. culus.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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recoil
The running in of a gun when discharged, which backward motion is caused by the force of the fire.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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recoil
In gunnery, is the retrograde motion impressed upon cannon by the discharge. The gas produced by the ignition of the charge in the bore, expanding with equal force in every direction, finds only two ways of escape (the muzzle and the vent); the pressure upon these points will therefore cease while it will be proportionally increased upon the parts directly opposite, that is, the bottom of the bore and that portion directly opposite the vent, producing in the first case the recoil, and in the other, indirectly, the dipping of the muzzle. The distance of the recoil depends entirely upon the nature and inclination of the ground upon which the carriage stands, the situation of the trunnions, angle of elevation, comparative weight of the gun and carriage, and upon the strength of the charge. The recoil has no appreciable effect upon the flight of a projectile, the latter being expelled from the gun before it has recoiled a fraction of an inch.The recoil of heavy guns fired with large charges is a serious consideration in gunnery. The recoil must be checked in a comparatively short space, and yet checked too suddenly the shock destroys the carriage as well as platform. Various methods have been tried. The truck-wheels upon which the top carriage runs in and out of battery are provided with eccentrics, which are thrown out of gear to produce sliding friction,--but this alone is not sufficient in most cases. Counter-mortars are sometimes clamped on the chassis-rail against the carriage, but this is objectionable, as it tends to destroy the chassis. Friction-plates, with clamping attachments to the carriage between them, and extending full length of the chassis, have also been tried, but the buckling of the plates soon ruined them. This plan has been recently revived, and the buckling prevented by interposing india-rubber between the rear ends of the plates and the transom of the chassis. For the most approved methods, see AIR-CYLINDERS and HYDRAULIC LOADING APPARATUS.
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