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recoiler
re·coil R0086500 (rĭ-koil′)intr.v. re·coiled, re·coil·ing, re·coils 1. To spring back, as upon firing.2. To shrink back, as in fear or repugnance.3. To fall back; return: "Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent" (Arthur Conan Doyle).n. (also rē′koil′)1. The backward action of a firearm upon firing.2. The act or state of recoiling; reaction.
[Middle English recoilen, from Old French reculer : re-, re- + cul, buttocks (from Latin cūlus; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots).]
re·coil′er n.
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