All 6 Uses of
recoil
in
Catch-22
- Clevinger recoiled from their hatred as though from a blinding light.†
Chpt 8 *
- They doted kittenishly on Nately and deferred passively to Aarfy, but they thought Yossarian was crazy and recoiled from him with distasteful contempt each time he made an indecent proposal or tried to fondle them when they passed on the stairs.†
Chpt 16
- Major Sanderson recoiled as though he had been slapped.†
Chpt 27
- Even Captain Flume recoiled when Doc Daneeka sought him out in the woods for help.†
Chpt 31
- He understood at once, recoiling in pain from the realization and shaking his head with a protesting and imploring grimace, that Nately was dead.†
Chpt 36
- Yossarian recoiled with sickening recognition.†
Chpt 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