Both Uses of
recoil
in
Man And Superman
- [He throws the book into the waste paper basket with such vehemence that Tanner recoils under the impression that it is being thrown at his head].†
Chpt 1 *
- [Tanner and Octavius recoil, Octavius rather hurt, Tanner consoled by the solution of the money difficulty.†
Chpt 3
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