0 present participle of recoil --
1 to move back because of fear or disgust (= dislike or disapproval): --
A special effort, an effort of self-awareness is needed that almost impossible feat of thought recoiling upon itself: almost impossible but not quite.
The lever ejector was installed in the trigger housing and is actuated by the recoiling bolt.
Relaxation of the diaphragm has the opposite effect, passively recoiling during normal breathing.
One of those is correcting the alignment of weak muscles as well as facilitating joint motion as a result of the tape's recoiling qualities.
If people have information which they cannot substantiate, they are hesitant to give it for fear of that fact recoiling upon their heads in proceedings taken against them.
It is recoiling on their own heads now.
The result of the inquiries is to show that this unfortunate accident resulted from the rocket striking the ship's bridge-plating and recoiling.
Legislation of this sort has a way of recoiling upon its authors.
