to recoil is a form of:
Recoil
noun
- 1.
- (the act or sensation of recoiling) recoil of a springs ការរួញមកវិញ, recoil of a gun ការធាក់ថយ, recoil from a sight ការរាដោយខ្ពើមខ្លាច ។ល។
verb — past tense: recoiled ; past participle: recoiled ; present participle: recoiling ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (To draw back, to shrink back; to spring back or rebound; to have an adverse effect upon the originator) springs recoil ថយត្រលប់, រួញមកវិញ
Example: Makara recollodat the sight of the accident.recoil from a sight រាដោយខ្ពើមខ្លាច ។ល។, rifles recoil ធាក់ (កាំភ្លើង)
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged.
- 2.
- A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood.
- 3.
- The state or condition of having recoiled.
verb — past tense: recoiled ; past participle: recoiled ; present participle: recoiling ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To draw or go back.