Hyphenation of recoil

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word recoil? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

re-coil

Definitions of recoil:

1.	The backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
2.	A movement back from an impact
3.	Draw back, as with fear or pain She flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
4.	Come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble
5.	Spring back Spring away from an impact The rubber ball bounced These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
6.	Spring back, as from a forceful thrust The gun kicked back into my shoulder

Synonyms of recoil:

noun	kick, movement, motion
noun	repercussion, rebound, backlash, movement, motion
verb	flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, quail, move
verb	bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, reverberate, ricochet, jump, leap, bound, spring
verb	kick back, kick, bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, reverberate, ricochet

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