All 8 Uses
recoil
in
Snow Crash
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- The recoil was immense, as though the weapon had blown up in his hand.†
Chpt 1-2 *recoil = to move backward suddenly
- He recoils, holds up his hand, looks at it to see if there's something wrong with it.†
Chpt 23-24
- REASON version 1.0B7 Gatling-type 3mm hypervelocity railgun system Ng Security Industries, Inc. PRERELEASE VERSION — NOT FOR FIELD USE DO NOT TEST IN A POPULATED AREA — ULTIMA RATIO REGUM — "Fucking recoil pushed us halfway to China," Fisheye says appreciatively.†
Chpt 49-50recoil = to move backward suddenly
- Fisheye wasn't really using Reason the right way; it comes with its own mount that straps to your body so that you can soak up the recoil with your pelvis, taking the force right in your body's center of gravity.†
Chpt 59-60
- The mount has shock absorbers and miniature hydraulic goodies to compensate for the weight and the recoil.†
Chpt 59-60
- Then his view is obscured by something close up; the recoil has pushed him back behind a decrepit yacht tied up along the side of the channel.†
Chpt 59-60
- The recoil pushes Hiro back against the rusted hull of the oil tanker.†
Chpt 59-60
- The stairway flexes and recoils under his weight, reminding him of the jet's fragility.†
Chpt 71
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)