Plural of recoil

Forms of recoil

Recoils in a sentence

• We report the first measurements of the detection of the directional nuclear recoils in a fully fiducialised low-pressure time projection chamber.2016, J. B. R. Battat, E. Daw, A. C. Ezeribe, J.-L. Gauvreau, J. L. Harton, R. Lafler, E. R. Lee, D. Loomba, A. Lumnah, E. H. Miller, F.…. From the entry fiducialised
• A late dictionary defines a shrinker in a general sense as one who recoils, or draws back fearfully from something dreaded.1923, The Pharmaceutical era. From the entry shrinker
• Furthermore, as we have seen during the course of the present book, thoroughgoing anthropomonism or hominism reflexively recoils upon itself and demythologizes itself.2010, Don Cupitt, Theology's Strange Return, page 110. From the entry hominism
• The voice, as pure, lyric, unselfconscious I-hood spilling or erupting into the world, suddenly becomes part of that world and recoils upon its originator.2000, S. Connor, Dumbstruck. From the entry I-hood
• When he is accused of being “still a hick, like your old man,” he recoils violently from the thought of reliving his father’s insignificant life.1977, Alain Silver, The Samurai Film, South Brunswick, A. S. Barnes, →ISBN, page 99. From the entry swordbreaker

Meaning of recoil

1. noun A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking.
2. noun The state or condition of having recoiled.
3. noun The energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle.

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Questions about the plural of recoil

What is the plural of recoil?

The plural of recoil is recoils.

Is recoil countable?

Recoil is a countable and uncountable noun.