(1):
(n.) Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged.
(2):
(v. i.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink.
(3):
(n.) The state or condition of having recoiled.
(4):
(v. i.) To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.
(5):
(v. t.) To draw or go back.
(6):
(n.) A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood.
(7):
(v. i.) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.