ROGET THESAURUS
contrecoup
Recoil
N
recoil, reaction, retroaction, revulsion, bounce, rebound, ricochet, repercussion, recalcitration, kick,
contrecoup, springing back, elasticity, reflection, reflexion, reflex, reflux, reverberation, rebuff, repulse, return, ducks and drakes, boomerang, spring, reactionist, elastic collision, coefficient of restitution, recoiling, refluent, repercussive, recalcitrant, reactionary, retroactive, on the rebound, on the recoil, for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction.