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1. Move back suddenly: To move back suddenly and violently, e.g. after an impact.

2. Feel horror: To react instinctively with fear, horror, disgust, or distaste.

3. Sudden backward movement: A sudden and violent backward movement, especially that of a firearm when it is fired.

4. Movement away in horror: A movement back or away from something, especially in horror or disgust.

When you fire a gun, you feel the force of the recoil.
by Jafje March 31, 2007
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A moment that is generally agreed to have had a significant influence on pop culture and everyday life. While the term was coined by Rose McGowan in context of the #MeToo movement, and is mostly associated with the K-pop community, the phenomenon is universal and a basic component of how culture works.

Real world events such as social/political movements, the election of a new U.S. President, major catastrophes and disasters, as well as entertainment such as movies, music and TV, can all function as cultural resets. Notable cultural resets in relatively recent memory include:

* The Beatles appearing on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964
* The Watergate scandal of 1974
* The release of Nevermind by Nirvana in 1991
* The September 11, 2001 attacks
* The election and inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009
* The COVID-19 pandemic
"The Nineties politically started with the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 and the Soviet Union dissolving on December 26, 1991, and ended with both the 2000 Presidential election which saw the victory of George W. Bush and the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 which left people so stupefied that it functioned as something of a cultural reset button." - TV Tropes' article on the 1990s
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When one takes a dump so large that when the excrements hit the the toilet water the anus, the balls, and/or the gooch are splashed or soaked by toilet water.
I didn't have to use any toilet paper today because the massive recoil from my dump did the job for me.
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Every time you fire a weapon, the gun will constantly go up and down (and sometimes left to right).
omg he has no recoil hack ban him!!
by Noxis December 02, 2003
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some one that is a beast at every FPS. normally a gamer whit recoil in a online ID is most likely to have the highest score at the end of a round.now gamers whit a number at the end of recoil are most likely unstable,smokes alot of weed,shakes his fist at the tv every time he die's,and call you a jew every time you come across him in a lobby
man did you see that recoil go,he just raped the whole team.
man did you see that recoil08 go, what a fucking scrub and a racist on top of it
by recoil08 April 06, 2011
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Usually a person with an alternate gay ego often attracted to their alternate characters in online games, more often than not Recoils want to FPS due to their lack of skill in MMORPGs
Man that recoils so gay he dances naked with his male toon
by Mastablastah September 06, 2010
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