foul; fall foul of, run foul of; telescope. throw &c. (propel) 284.
Adj. impelling &c. v.; impulsive, impellent[obs3]; booming; dynamic,
dynamical; impelled &c. v. Phr. "a hit, a very palpable hit" [Hamlet].
#277. Recoil.—N. recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce,
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rebound, ricochet; repercussion, recalcitration[obs3]; kick,
contrecoup[Fr]; springing back &c. v.; elasticity &c. 325; reflection,
reflexion[Brit], reflex, reflux; reverberation &c. (resonance) 408;
rebuff,
repulse; return.
ducks and drakes; boomerang; spring, reactionist[obs3].
elastic collision, coefficient of restitution.
V. recoil, react; spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back;
rebound, reverberate, repercuss[obs3], recalcitrate[obs3]; echo,
ricochet.
Adj. recoiling &c. v.; refluent[obs3], repercussive, recalcitrant,
reactionary; retroactive.
Adv. on the rebound, on the recoil &c. n.
Phr. for every action there is a reaction equal in force and
opposite
in direction [Newton].