recoil
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
Types & categories
- motion hypernym
Related & opposite
- kick back derivation
Sense 2 verb
draw back, as with fear or pain
she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
Types & categories
- move hypernym
- shrink back hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a movement back from an impact
Types & categories
- motion hypernym
- bouncing hyponym
- resiliency hyponym
- carom hyponym
Related & opposite
- bounce derivation
Sense 4 verb
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble
Types & categories
- hap hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
spring back; spring away from an impact
The rubber ball bounced
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
spring back, as from a forceful thrust
The gun kicked back into my shoulder
Types & categories
- bounce hypernym
Related & opposite
- recoil derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | kick back |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | motion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flinch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wince |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shrink back |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bounce |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | motion |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bouncing |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | resiliency |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | carom |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | boomerang |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | backlash |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hap |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | leap |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | bounce |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | rebound |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | bouncing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | resiliency |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | carom |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | springy |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | jump |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | kick back |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bound off |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | carom |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | recoil |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | bounce |