"recoil" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɹɪˈkɔɪl/, /ˈɹiːkɔɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recoil1.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-recoil.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recoil2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: recoils [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪl Etymology: From Old French reculer. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|reculer}} Old French reculer Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} recoil (countable and uncountable, plural recoils)
  1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-recoil-en-noun-uv4MNjKp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 14 16 10 5 2 4 5 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 33 14 15 9 9 5 5 10
  2. The state or condition of having recoiled. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-recoil-en-noun-15YpJjsw
  3. (firearms) The 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Firearms Translations (pushback from a fired firearm): откат (otkat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 後坐力 (Chinese Mandarin), 后坐力 (hòuzuòlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 後坐 (Chinese Mandarin), 后坐 (hòuzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), zpětný ráz [masculine] (Czech), rekyl [common-gender] (Danish), terugslag [common-gender] (Dutch), baksláttur [masculine] (Faroese), rekyyli (Finnish), potkaisu (Finnish), recul [masculine] (French), Rückstoß [masculine] (German), rinculo [masculine] (Italian), 反動 (handō) (alt: はんどう) (Japanese), 後座 (kōza) (alt: こうざ) (Japanese), отскок (otskok) [masculine] (Macedonian), whana (Maori), rekyl [masculine] (Norwegian), tilbakeslag [neuter] (Norwegian), tilbakestøt [neuter] (Norwegian), tilbakevirkning [masculine] (Norwegian), recul [masculine] (Occitan), odrzut [masculine] (Polish), coice [masculine] (Portuguese), recuo [masculine] (Portuguese), recul [neuter] (Romanian), отда́ча (otdáča) [feminine] (Russian), retroceso [masculine] (Spanish), rekyl [common-gender] (Swedish), balisikad (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-recoil-en-noun-qfMqtTAz Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry Disambiguation of 'pushback from a fired firearm': 18 6 70 6
  4. An escapement in which, after each beat, the scape-wheel recoils slightly. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-recoil-en-noun-IU8KequG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kick [firearms, weaponry, military, tools, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, war, government, politics] Derived forms: counterrecoil, recoil pad, recoil start

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɹɪˈkɔɪl/, /ˈɹiːkɔɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recoil1.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-recoil.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recoil2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: recoils [present, singular, third-person], recoiling [participle, present], recoiled [participle, past], recoiled [past]
Rhymes: -ɔɪl Etymology: From Old French reculer. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|reculer}} Old French reculer Head templates: {{en-verb}} recoil (third-person singular simple present recoils, present participle recoiling, simple past and past participle recoiled)
  1. (intransitive) To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment. Tags: intransitive Translations (to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment): отдръпвам се (otdrǎpvam se) (Bulgarian), 後退 (Chinese Mandarin), 后退 (hòutuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 畏縮 (Chinese Mandarin), 畏缩 (wèisuō) (Chinese Mandarin), stáhnout se [perfective] (Czech), odtáhnout se [perfective] (Czech), ucuknout [perfective] (Czech), zhrozit se [perfective] (Czech), trække sig tilbage (Danish), terugtrekken (Dutch), terugdeinzen (Dutch), terugschrikken (Dutch), hätkähtää (Finnish), reculer (French), zurückschrecken (German), visszahőköl (Hungarian), hátrahőköl (Hungarian), elborzad (Hungarian), visszaretten (Hungarian), elretten (Hungarian), megrökönyödik (Hungarian), eliszonyodik (Hungarian), ritrarsi (Italian), 跳ね返る (hanekaeru) (alt: はねかえる) (Japanese), recellō (Latin), eti (Maori), komi (Maori), maopo (Maori), rekylere (Norwegian), spenne tilbake (Norwegian), sprette tilbake (Norwegian), springe tilbake (Norwegian), trekke seg tilbake (Norwegian), gyse tilbake (Norwegian), recular (Occitan), پوصمق (pusmak) (note: in fear) (Ottoman Turkish), recuo (Portuguese), coice (da arma) (Portuguese), recula (Romanian), отпря́дывать (otprjádyvatʹ) (note: impf. form is rare) [imperfective] (Russian), отпря́нуть (otprjánutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), отша́тываться (otšátyvatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), отшатну́ться (otšatnútʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), устукнути (ustuknuti) (Serbo-Croatian), echarse atrás (Spanish), recular (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-recoil-en-verb-l5UjwZhU Disambiguation of 'to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment': 90 1 6 4
  2. (intransitive, now rare) To retreat before an opponent. Tags: archaic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-recoil-en-verb-xEC~n4Qw
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To retire, withdraw. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-recoil-en-verb-fY31-xqL
  4. (of a firearm) To quickly push back when fired Translations (of a firearm, to push back): отскачам (otskačam) (Bulgarian), давам откат (davam otkat) (Bulgarian), kopnout [perfective] (Czech), potkaista (Finnish), zurückschlagen (German), einen Ruckschlag erzeugen (German), visszarúg (Hungarian), hátrarúg (Hungarian), frithbhuail (Irish), rinculare (Italian), отскокнува (otskoknuva) (Macedonian), whana (Maori), tupana (Maori), turapa (Maori), recula (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-recoil-en-verb-EQmE1bZJ Disambiguation of 'of a firearm, to push back': 14 1 5 81

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for recoil meaning in All languages combined (21.5kB)

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          "word": "反動"
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          "alt": "こうざ",
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          "word": "後座"
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          "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
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          "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
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          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hòutuì",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "畏縮"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wèisuō",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "畏缩"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "stáhnout se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "trække sig tilbage"
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "terugtrekken"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "terugdeinzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "terugschrikken"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "hätkähtää"
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "reculer"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "zurückschrecken"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "eliszonyodik"
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
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          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
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          "roman": "hanekaeru",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
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          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "eti"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "komi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "maopo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "rekylere"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "spenne tilbake"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "sprette tilbake"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "springe tilbake"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "trekke seg tilbake"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "gyse tilbake"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "recular"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "note": "in fear",
          "roman": "pusmak",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "پوصمق"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "recuo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "coice (da arma)"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "word": "recula"
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "impf. form is rare",
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          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "отпря́дывать"
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "otprjánutʹ",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "отпря́нуть"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "отша́тываться"
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "отшатну́ться"
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "roman": "ustuknuti",
          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
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          "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 4",
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        "intransitive"
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        "To retire, withdraw."
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        "(obsolete, intransitive) To retire, withdraw."
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        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
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        "(of a firearm) To quickly push back when fired"
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          "_dis1": "14 1 5 81",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "davam otkat",
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          "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
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          "_dis1": "14 1 5 81",
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          "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
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          "_dis1": "14 1 5 81",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
          "word": "zurückschlagen"
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          "_dis1": "14 1 5 81",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
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          "_dis1": "14 1 5 81",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
          "word": "visszarúg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 1 5 81",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
          "word": "hátrarúg"
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          "_dis1": "14 1 5 81",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
          "word": "frithbhuail"
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          "_dis1": "14 1 5 81",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
          "word": "rinculare"
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 1 5 81",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "_dis1": "14 1 5 81",
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 1 5 81",
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
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          "_dis1": "14 1 5 81",
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          "_dis1": "14 1 5 81",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "uncountable"
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        "firearms",
        "government",
        "military",
        "natural-sciences",
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        "tools",
        "war",
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "topics": [
        "firearms",
        "weaponry",
        "military",
        "tools",
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
      "word": "kick"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otkat",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "откат"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "word": "後坐力"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hòuzuòlì",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "word": "后坐力"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "word": "後坐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hòuzuò",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "word": "后坐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zpětný ráz"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rekyl"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "terugslag"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baksláttur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "word": "rekyyli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "word": "potkaisu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "recul"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rückstoß"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rinculo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はんどう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "handō",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "word": "反動"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうざ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōza",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "word": "後座"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "otskok",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отскок"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "word": "whana"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rekyl"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tilbakeslag"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tilbakestøt"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tilbakevirkning"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "recul"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odrzut"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coice"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "recuo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "recul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otdáča",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "отда́ча"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "retroceso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rekyl"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "pushback from a fired firearm",
      "word": "balisikad"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "recoil"
  ],
  "word": "recoil"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔɪl",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔɪl/2 syllables"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "reculer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French reculer",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French reculer.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "recoils",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "recoiling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "recoiled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "recoiled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "recoil (third-person singular simple present recoils, present participle recoiling, simple past and past participle recoiled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He recoiled in disgust when he saw the mess.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pull",
          "pull"
        ],
        [
          "disgust",
          "disgust"
        ],
        [
          "horror",
          "horror"
        ],
        [
          "astonishment",
          "astonishment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To retreat before an opponent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "retreat",
          "retreat"
        ],
        [
          "opponent",
          "opponent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, now rare) To retreat before an opponent."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1838, Thomas De Quincey, The Household Wreck",
          "text": "The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible […] that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To retire, withdraw."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "retire",
          "retire"
        ],
        [
          "withdraw",
          "withdraw"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, intransitive) To retire, withdraw."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To quickly push back when fired"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a firearm) To quickly push back when fired"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a firearm"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈkɔɪl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔɪl"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹiːkɔɪl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recoil1.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-recoil1.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-recoil1.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/24/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-recoil.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-recoil.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recoil2.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-recoil2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-recoil2.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otdrǎpvam se",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "отдръпвам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "後退"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hòutuì",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "后退"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "畏縮"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wèisuō",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "畏缩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "stáhnout se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odtáhnout se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ucuknout"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zhrozit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "trække sig tilbage"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "terugtrekken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "terugdeinzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "terugschrikken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "hätkähtää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "reculer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "zurückschrecken"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "visszahőköl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "hátrahőköl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "elborzad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "visszaretten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "elretten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "megrökönyödik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "eliszonyodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "ritrarsi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はねかえる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hanekaeru",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "跳ね返る"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "recellō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "eti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "komi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "maopo"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "rekylere"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "spenne tilbake"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "sprette tilbake"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "springe tilbake"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "trekke seg tilbake"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "gyse tilbake"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "recular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "note": "in fear",
      "roman": "pusmak",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "پوصمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "recuo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "coice (da arma)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "recula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "impf. form is rare",
      "roman": "otprjádyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отпря́дывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otprjánutʹ",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отпря́нуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otšátyvatʹsja",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отша́тываться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otšatnútʹsja",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отшатну́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "roman": "ustuknuti",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "устукнути"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "echarse atrás"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment",
      "word": "recular"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otskačam",
      "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
      "word": "отскачам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "davam otkat",
      "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
      "word": "давам откат"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "kopnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
      "word": "potkaista"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
      "word": "zurückschlagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
      "word": "einen Ruckschlag erzeugen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
      "word": "visszarúg"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
      "word": "hátrarúg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
      "word": "frithbhuail"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
      "word": "rinculare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "otskoknuva",
      "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
      "word": "отскокнува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
      "word": "whana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
      "word": "tupana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
      "word": "turapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of a firearm, to push back",
      "word": "recula"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "recoil"
  ],
  "word": "recoil"
}

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