A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury, in a part or region opposite to that at which the blow is received, often causing rupture or disorganisation of the parts affected.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
Recoil Roget’s Thesaurus §277
N. recoil, reaction, retroaction, revulsion, bounce, # rebound, ricochet, repercussion, recalcitration, kick, contrecoup, springing back, elasticity, reflection, reflexion, reflex, reflux, reverberation, rebuff, repulse, return, ducks and drakes, boomerang, spring, reactionist, elastic collision, coefficient of restitution
V. recoil, react, spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back, rebound, reverberate, repercuss, recalcitrate, echo, ricochet
Adv. on the rebound, on the recoil
Phr. for every action there is a reaction equal in force and opposite in direction, 4, motion with reference to direction
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