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Recoil is the backward momentum of a gun when it is discharged.

Recoil may also refer to:

Film and television

• The Recoil (1917 film), an American silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice
• The Recoil (1922 film), a British silent crime film directed by Geoffrey Malins
• The Recoil (1924 film), an American silent drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter
• Recoil (1953 film), a British crime film directed by John Gilling
• Recoil (1998 film), an American action film starring Gary Daniels
• Recoil (2011 film), a Canadian action film starring "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Danny Trejo
• "Recoil" (CSI: Miami), a television episode
• "Recoil" (The Shield), a television episode

Literature

• Recoil (magazine), an American firearms magazine
• Recoil, a 1953 novel by Jim Thompson
• Recoil, a 2006 Nick Stone Missions novel by Andy McNab
• Recoil, a 2008 StarFist: Force Recon Series novel by David Sherman and Dan Cragg

Music

• Recoil (band), a musical project led by ex-Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder
• Recoil (album), by Nonpoint, 2004
• "Recoil", a song by Ani DiFranco from Knuckle Down, 2005
• "Recoil", a song by Daysend from Within the Eye of Chaos, 2010
• "Recoil", a song by Flesh Field from Strain, 2004
• "Recoil", a song by Magazine from Real Life, 1978
• "Recoil", a song by New Order from Lost Sirens, 2013
• "Recoil", a song by TZU from Smiling at Strangers, 2005

Science

• Atomic recoil, in physics, a result of a type of particle interaction
• Recoil (fluid behavior), a rheological phenomenon in non-Newtonian fluids

Other uses

• Recoil (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
• Recoil (video game), a 1999 tank-based Windows computer game
• Recoil (Wonderla Hyderabad), a roller coaster in India
• Recoil Glacier, Antarctica

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Recoil
• All pages with titles containing Recoil