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  1. RECOIL - Firearm Lifestyle Magazine

    In this recap you’ll see: * Highlights from the day and night shoots * The most popular suppressors and firearms from the vendor bays * Live fire from the pistol, carbine, precision, and shotgun ranges * On …

  2. Recoil - Wikipedia

    Recoil (often called knockback, kickback or simply kick) is the rearward thrust generated when a gun is being discharged.

  3. RECOIL Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    recoil, shrink, flinch, wince, blench, quail mean to draw back in fear or distaste. recoil implies a start or movement away through shock, fear, or disgust.

  4. RECOIL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    us / ˈri·kɔɪl, rɪˈkɔɪl / the sudden, backward movement that a gun makes when it is fired (Definition of recoil from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  5. Recoil Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    RECOIL meaning: 1 : to quickly move away from something that is shocking, frightening, or disgusting to react to something with shock or fear often used figuratively; 2 : to move back suddenly when fired

  6. RECOIL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    The recoil of a gun is the quick backward movement that it makes when it is fired. I assembled the weapon, checked the firing and recoil mechanism and loaded it.

  7. Recoil - SIG SAUER

    A firearm’s recoil is the rearward force of a firearm that is the direct result of firing a round. Essentially it is the “equal and opposite reaction” to the force generated to fire a round forward through the barrel.

  8. Recoil - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    A recoil is a movement backwards, usually from some force or impact. The recoil of a gun is a backward movement caused by momentum. Your trip to the shooting range might make your mom recoil — …

  9. Recoil Definition - College Physics I – Introduction Key Term | Fiveable

    Recoil is the backward movement experienced by an object when it expels another object, typically observed in firearms or rockets. This phenomenon occurs due to Newton's third law of motion, which …

  10. Recoil - definition of recoil by The Free Dictionary

    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).