To quickly push back when fired
To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment.
A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking.
The energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle.
An escapement in which, after each beat, the scape-wheel recoils slightly.
The state or condition of having recoiled.
To follow something in sequence or time.
To ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant.
To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.
To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general.
To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to.
To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; (often with to).
To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).
To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to).
To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.