recoilless

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A weapon that gives almost no backward kick when you fire it

adjective
/rɪˈkɔɪləs/

Specialized

: sin retroceso

To reduce recoil, the new model of the weapon is equipped with a recoilless design.
recoilless rifle
recoilless anti-tank gun

RPG recoilless like like what happened?

Examples

Llenor turned toward the pavilion to find herself staring down the barrel of a recoilless pistol.

Fiction book (1998)
Small and blonde, with a look of utter blue-eyed innocence—despite a big recoilless automatic hanging on her slim waist.

Fiction book (1998)
Position your recoilless 75's back here.

H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005)
And you can even find the surplus recoilless rifle probably also for $ 10,000.

Countdown to Zero (2010)
"What in hell for?" Rowlf kept staring straight ahead, over the sights of his recoilless rifle.

Fiction book (2000)
He wore body armor and carried a recoilless assault rifle.

Fiction book (2000)
White knuckles gripped the recoilless pistol.

Fiction book (1998)
Light from paper lanterns gleamed on their recoilless cannons and dark armored carapaces.

Fiction book (2000)
The soldiers carried a recoilless rifle to minimize the backward force when firing.
In modern warfare, a recoilless rifle allows for greater accuracy without the risk of being pushed back.

Surface Forms

recoilless positive

Morphology

recoilless = recoil (transparent) = recoil + less

Formed from the noun 'recoil' + productive adjectival suffix '-less', meaning 'without recoil', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Recoilless comes from recoil 'to move back' or 'kick back' and the ending -less 'without', like in hopeless or careless. So a recoilless weapon is made to have little or no backward kick when it fires.