recoil /ri-koilˈ/ (Spenser recoyle, recule or recuile)

1. To start back
2. To stagger back
3. To shrink in horror, etc
4. To rebound
5. (of a gun) to kick
6. To degenerate (Shakespeare)
7. To retreat, fall back (archaic)
8. To revert (obsolete)

To force back

1. Retreat (archaic)
2. A starting or springing back
3. Rebound
4. The kick of a gun
5. Change in motion of a particle caused by ejection of another particle, or (sometimes) by a collision (nuclear phys)

recoilˈer noun

recoilˈless adjective

recoil atom noun

An atom that experiences a sudden change of direction or reversal, after the emission from it of a particle or radiation

recoil escapement same as anchor escapement (see under anchor).

recoil nucleus same as recoil atom above.

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