The meaning of Recoiling

verb

Make a sudden flinching movement out of fear or pain.

Usage examples:

He blenched and struggled to regain his composure

verb

Crouch down in fear.

Usage examples:

Children cowered in terror as the shoot-out erupted

verb

Make a quick, nervous movement as an instinctive reaction to fear, pain, or surprise.

Usage examples:

She flinched at the acidity in his voice

noun

An act of flinching.

Usage examples:

‘don't call me that,’ he said with a flinch

verb

Draw back, as with fear or pain

noun

A small short-tailed old world game bird resembling a tiny partridge, typically having brown camouflaged plumage.

Usage examples:

Birds such as grouse, crows, quail, partridge, nightjars, cuckoos, shrikes, larks, pipits, merlins,…

verb

Feel or show fear or apprehension.

Usage examples:

She quailed at his heartless words

noun

A small brown bird with a short tail, sometimes hunted as a sport and eaten as a food

verb

Begin or be reckoned from a particular point in time or space.

Usage examples:

The season starts in september

noun

The point in time or space at which something has its origin; the beginning.

Usage examples:

He takes over as chief executive at the start of next year

abbreviation

Strategic arms reduction treaty, an agreement between the us and the soviet union to limit and reduce strategic nuclear weapons, first signed in 1991.

verb

Make a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of pain or distress.

Usage examples:

He winced at the disgust in her voice

noun

An instance of wincing.

Usage examples:

At the touch of his hand, there was a slight wince of pain.

noun

A roller for moving textile fabric through a dyeing vat.

Usage examples:

The hengst was fitted on one side with a wooden winch, the ‘wince’, and could be fastened to the si…