All 7 Uses of
recoil
in
Waiting for Godot
- Estragon recoils.†
Act 1
- ESTRAGON: (recoiling before Pozzo).†
Act 1
- Estragon drops the handkerchief, recoils, staggers about the stage howling with pain.†
Act 1
- He goes round behind Lucky, approaches him cautiously, puts the hat on his head and recoils smartly.†
Act 1
- BOY: (recoiling).†
Act 1
- Estragon recoils in horror.
Act 2 *recoils = moves backward suddenly
- ESTRAGON: (recoiling).†
Act 2
Definition:
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