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recoilings

recoilings is the plural of recoiling.

Meaning of recoiling

Noun

recoiling (plural recoilings)

  1. The act of something that recoils.
    • And as long as these inward Rejolts and Recoilings of the Mind continue (which they will certainly do for a considerable Part of a Man's Life) the Sinner will find his Accounts of Pleasure very poor and short […]1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

Questions about recoilings

What is recoilings the plural of?
Recoilings is the plural of recoiling.

Words near recoilings in the dictionary

  1. recoiled
  2. recoiler
  3. recoilers
  4. recoiling
  5. recoilingly
  6. recoilings
  7. recoilless
  8. recoilless nuclear resonance fluorescence
  9. recoilless rifle
  10. recoilless rifles
  11. recoillessly

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