Scrabble Dictionary
Check words in Scrabble Dictionary and make sure it's an official scrabble word.
Yes
Valid in these dictionaries
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US / Canada / Thailand)
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / International)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Meaning of recoil
1 definition found
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recoil
n 1: the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired [syn: {recoil},
{kick}]
2: a movement back from an impact [syn: {recoil},
{repercussion}, {rebound}, {backlash}]
v 1: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they
showed the slaughtering of the calf" [syn: {flinch},
{squinch}, {funk}, {cringe}, {shrink}, {wince}, {recoil},
{quail}]
2: come back to the originator of an action with an undesired
effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of
trouble" [syn: {backfire}, {backlash}, {recoil}]
3: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball
bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after
they collide" [syn: {bounce}, {resile}, {take a hop},
{spring}, {bound}, {rebound}, {recoil}, {reverberate},
{ricochet}]
4: spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back
into my shoulder" [syn: {kick back}, {recoil}, {kick}]
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
Use this Scrabble® dictionary checker tool to find out whether a word is acceptable in your scrabble dictionary. When you enter a word and click on Check Dictionary button, it simply tells you whether it's valid or not, and list out the dictionaries in case of valid word. Additionally, you can also read the meaning if you want to know more about a particular word.
Back to Scrabble Word Finder