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recoiled |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb recoil 2 of 3 senses of recoil Sense 1 flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail => shrink back retract Sense 2 bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, ricochet => kick back recoil, kick => skip, bound off => carom, glance Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb recoil 2 of 3 senses of recoil Sense 1 flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail => shrink back retract Sense 2 bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, ricochet => kick back recoil, kick => skip, bound off => carom, glance Entailment of verb recoil Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb recoil 3 senses of recoil Sense 1 flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail => move Sense 2 bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, ricochet => jump, leap, bound, spring Sense 3 kick back recoil, kick => bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, ricochet Familiarity of verb recoil recoil used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb recoil Sense 1 flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail => move -------------- Sense 2 bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, ricochet => jump, leap, bound, spring -------------- Sense 3 kick back recoil, kick => bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, ricochet -------------- Overview of verb recoil The verb recoil has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail -- (draw back as with fear) 2. bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, ricochet -- (spring back spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide") 3. kick back recoil, kick -- (spring back as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder") Overview of verb recoil The verb recoil has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail -- (draw back as with fear) 2. bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, ricochet -- (spring back spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide") 3. kick back recoil, kick -- (spring back as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder")
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