recoil
Noun
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is a type of: motion, movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of somethingsame as: kick
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is a type of: motion, movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of somethingsubtypes:
- bounce, bouncing - rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
- resilience, resiliency - an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
- carom, ricochet - a glancing rebound
Verb
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is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motionsubtypes: retract, shrink back - pull away from a source of disgust or fear
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is a type of: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place - come to pass
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subtypes:
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is a type of: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop - spring back; spring away from an impact
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