ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

come into a collision, enter into collision; collide; sideswipe; foul; fall foul of, run foul
of; telescope.
throw &c (propel) 284.
Adj. impelling &c v.; impulsive, impellent † ; booming; dynamic, dynamical; impelled &c
v..
Phr. a hit, a very palpable hit [Hamlet].
277. Recoil -- N. recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce, rebound, ricochet;
repercussion, recalcitration † ; kick, contrecoup [Fr.]; springing back &c v.; elasticity &c
325; reflection, reflexion [Brit.], reflex, reflux; reverberation &c (resonance) 408; rebuff,
repulse; return.
ducks and drakes; boomerang; spring, reactionist † .
elastic collision, coefficient of restitution.
V. recoil, react; spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back; rebound, reverberate,
repercuss † , recalcitrate † ; echo, ricochet.
Adj. recoiling &c v.; refluent † , repercussive, recalcitrant, reactionary; retroactive.
Adv. on the rebound, on the recoil &c n..
Phr. for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction
[Newton].
4. MOTION WITH REFERENCE TO DIRECTION
278. Direction -- N. direction, bearing, course, vector; set, drift, tenor; tendency &c 176;
incidence; bending, trending &c v.; dip, tack, aim, collimation; steering steerage.
point of the compass, cardinal points; North East, South, West; N by E, ENE, NE by
N, NE, &c; rhumb † , azimuth, line of collimation.
line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march; alignment, allignment † ; air line, beeline;
straight shoot.
V. tend towards, bend towards, point towards; conduct to, go to; point to, point at; bend,
trend, verge, incline, dip, determine.
steer for, steer towards, make for, make towards; aim at, level at; take aim; keep a
course, hold a course; be bound for; bend one's steps towards; direct one's course, steer
one's course, bend one's course, shape one's course; align one's march, allign one's
march † ; to straight, go straight to the point; march on, march on a point.
ascertain one's direction &c n.; s'orienter [Fr.], see which way the wind blows; box
the compass; take the air line.
Adj. directed &c v.. directed towards; pointing towards &c v.; bound for; aligned, with
alligned with † ; direct, straight; undeviating, unswerving; straightforward; North,
Northern, Northerly, &c n..
Adv. towards; on the road, on the high road to; en avant; versus, to; hither, thither,
whither; directly; straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow; point blank; in a bee line to,
in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line
for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with; in
a line with; full tilt at, as the crow flies.
before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind; windwards, in the
wind's eye.