Word "RECOIL" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a movement back from an impact
Synonyms:
backlash, rebound, repercussion

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
spring back; spring away from an impact
Synonyms:
bounce, bound, rebound, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
spring back, as from a forceful thrust
Synonyms:
kick, kick back

Crossword Clues for RECOIL

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Gun's kick could have deprived crocodile of fish (6)
Run story about catching company offering kickback (6)
Spring back Premier Sunday 31 Mar 2024
Pull back New York Times 29 Mar 2024
Spring back in horror or fear (6)
Kick of a gun (6)
A reporter's comeback perhaps (6)
Kick as a gun
Cringe in horror
Flinch, move back (6)
Gun jerk
Flinch The Telegraph Quick 14 Feb 2024
It's about the Twist and the kick it gives (6)
Draw back in horror Wall Street Journal 29 Jan 2024
About to wind spring backwards (6)
Flinch or cringe The Sun Two Speed 17 Dec 2023
Stagger back from park with painting The Sun Two Speed 17 Dec 2023
Show adverse reaction about cold thing to supply energy? (6)
Shrink back in fear LA Times Daily 11 Dec 2023
Flinch from wind again (6) Puzzler Cryptic 08 Dec 2023
Some more coiled round spring back (6)
Rifle reaction (LO RICE anagram) (6)
Cringe (6) Puzzler 20 Nov 2023
Spring back with green during more than half of April The Times Cryptic 02 Nov 2023
Shrink in fear Thomas Joseph 02 Oct 2023
Stagger back from park over field on a regular basis The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Jul 2023
Shrink back LA Times Daily 05 Jul 2023
Shrink in fear Eugene Sheffer 16 Jun 2023
Shy away from angry crocodile wanting fish The Guardian Cryptic 23 May 2023
Backward movement of a gun after firing The Times Concise 17 May 2023
Shrink back Universal 09 May 2023
React with horror Thomas Joseph 29 Apr 2023
Pull back (in horror?) The Guardian Quick 13 Jan 2023
Start back Newsday 19 Nov 2022
Spring back The Telegraph Quick 23 Sep 2022
Explosive feedback? New York Times 26 Aug 2022
Shrink Newsday 16 Jul 2022
Draw back Newsday 01 Jul 2022
Shrink back Premier Sunday 12 Jun 2022
Flinch Newsday 15 May 2022
Shrink in fear Eugene Sheffer 21 Mar 2022
Stagger back on pass crossing Italy
Snap back LA Times Daily 28 Nov 2021
Shrink in fear of registrar initially finding E coli all over the place Irish Times Crosaire 15 Nov 2021
Shrink, as from a snake? Family Time 10 Oct 2021
Shrink back in fear The Washington Post 19 Jul 2021
Shrink back in fear LA Times Daily 19 Jul 2021
Spring back The Times Concise 04 Jun 2021
Spring back in horror Irish Times Simplex 03 Apr 2021
Shrink in fear of registrar initially finding E coli all over the place Irish Times Crosaire 29 Mar 2021
Jump back; shrink The Guardian Speedy 28 Feb 2021
Start back in ground that has buried 'liquid gold'
Stagger back from park with painting
Fly back Newsday 21 Nov 2020
Jerk of a gun when it's fired Irish Times Simplex 19 Nov 2020
Shrink back USA Today 26 Sep 2020
Jump back in fear The Washington Post Sunday 06 Sep 2020
Pull back in fear Newsday 25 Aug 2020
Shy away from greasy stuff found under playground
Lice or hairy type to come back in spring Irish Times Crosaire 11 Dec 2019
Backlash from soldiers with wind The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Dec 2019
Shrink back in horror on meeting snake
Spring back for record on Greece State Irish Times Crosaire 07 Nov 2019
Lurch back Newsday 26 Sep 2019
Reportedly smell lubricant and shy away The Telegraph Cryptic 03 Sep 2019
Show horror at the twist behind the note
Shrink in fear Thomas Joseph 02 Jul 2019
Rifle's kick Wall Street Journal 25 Jun 2019
Cringe in horror on meeting snake The Sun Two Speed 22 Jun 2019
Shrink back or flinch The Sun Two Speed 22 Jun 2019
Draw back from sports ground with slimy liquid The Telegraph Cryptic 03 May 2019
Wind after winter, therefore, ends: spring back
Shrink back in horror on meeting snake The Sun Two Speed 27 Jan 2019
Flinch or cringe The Sun Two Speed 27 Jan 2019
Flinch in fear Premier Sunday 06 Jan 2019
Rifle's kick
Fly back in rear of helicopter with E. Coli needing treatment The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Oct 2018
Kick The Times Concise 26 Aug 2018
Spring back to record from Greece State Irish Times Crosaire 26 Mar 2018
Green I spotted between river and lake -- spring back The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Mar 2018
Backward movement of a fired gun The Times Specialist Sunday 18 Feb 2018
Flinch from wind again The Sun Two Speed 02 Jan 2018
Cower The Sun Two Speed 02 Jan 2018
Flinch from east wind on run The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Dec 2017
Pull back, as in horror New York Times 13 Nov 2017
Cringe LA Times Daily 15 Sep 2017
Cringe The Washington Post 15 Sep 2017
Shrink back from dirty core — almost sick
Draw back, as soldiers getting cold, needing fuel The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Aug 2017
Spring back to record on Greece State Irish Times Crosaire 12 Jun 2017
Shrink back LA Times Daily 22 Jan 2017
Start back having contraceptive on order regularly
Pull back, as in horror
Cringe
Shrink back
Regular urgency? there's bribe and kickback
Wind up again, with kick in the arm?
Flinch from engineers with wind The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Oct 2016
Shrink back Newsday 24 Jul 2016
Rifle's kick USA Today 04 Jul 2016
Wind up again and spring back
Snap back LA Times Daily 06 Mar 2016
(As a firearm) spring back The Guardian Quick 20 Feb 2016
Rifle's kick
Shrink back in horror USA Today 19 Dec 2015
Spring back to record Greece on the radio Irish Times Crosaire 28 Oct 2015
Reaction to the Election Commission getting entrapped in the churn
Spring back to record Greece reports Irish Times Crosaire 17 Sep 2015
Start back and wind up again like this? The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Aug 2015
Rebound The Telegraph Quick 12 Aug 2015
Flinch The Telegraph Quick 17 Jun 2015
Shy away from record on Greece reportedly Irish Times Crosaire 13 Jun 2015
Shrink back (from)
Shrink back in horror
Start to find 'black gold' under playing field
Stagger back from Red Cow ill, repeating 'one too many'
Flinch in fear on bend
Draw back in horror
Show disgust
Kickback, of a sort
Kick back when fired
Pistol's kickback
Shrink back
Display horror, perhaps
Shrink back in horror
Display horror, perhaps
Draw back
Flinch
Rifle effect
Flinch
Flinch
Shrink back
Draw back in horror
Display disgust
Colt's kick
Show horror, perhaps
Shrink back
Pistol's kickback
Show horror, perhaps
Shrink, as from horror
Kick
Colt kickback
Pistol's kickback
Pistol's kickback
Revulsion action
Show disgust
Spring back
Flinch
Flinch
Kickback, of a sort
Flinch
Spring back
Draw back
Kickback
Shrink back
Shrink
Quail
Rifle reaction.
Kickback.
Shrink.
Spring back.
Shrink from.
Shrink back.
Kick back.
Gun kick.
Action of a gun.
Draw back.
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