0 present participle of recoil
1 to move back because of fear or disgust (= dislike or disapproval):
At other moments their response to a situation seemed best reflected in a seesaw action, one actor lurching forward, another recoiling.
Recoiling, the attendant responded with her own tweak.
He did not know what had happened to them, but found the entire group recoiling suddenly.
That immoral doctrine had its vogue, but now the disadvantages of it are recoiling upon the insurance scheme.
The people who should be recoiling from the discussion are those who are losing.
Phrases like "social security"and"collective security" have a terrible habit of recoiling upon mankind.
Let us not end up recoiling in fear or engaging in exaggerated rhetoric every time we debate a proposal containing the word ‘tax’.
Legislation of this sort has a way of recoiling upon its authors.
