All 4 Uses of
recoil
in
Bleak House
- The soul recoils from food at such a moment, miss.†
Chpt 7-9
- "What does the horrible creature mean?" exclaims the servant, recoiling from him.†
Chpt 16-18 *
- It not only doubles up Mrs. Smallweed's head against the side of her porter's chair and causes her to present, when extricated by her granddaughter, a highly unbecoming state of cap, but the necessary exertion recoils on Mr. Smallweed himself, whom it throws back into HIS porter's chair like a broken puppet.†
Chpt 19-21
- "Look here," says Tony, recoiling.†
Chpt 37-39
Definition:
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(recoil) to move backward suddenly (sometimes figuratively)especially:
- the backward jerk of a gun or cannon when it is fired
- when a person flinches (suddenly draws back) from someone or something, as with fear, disgust, or pain
- when a person is emotionally repulsed, as by disgust
- when something intended to go in one direction figuratively falls back in the opposite direction; for example, a story told to hurt someone that comes back to hurt the teller