All 4 Uses
recoil
in
The Angel Experiment
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- Fang dropped on him, then recoiled with a yell, his arm dripping blood.†
p. 8.5 *recoiled = moved back suddenly
- The two boys recoiled from the blast, tumbling backward in the air from the shock wave.†
p. 37.7
- I recoiled and dropped my soda as a young guy with a mohawk haircut jumped in front of us.†
p. 110.3
- Ari staggered back, wheezing, then recoiled fast and cracked Fang with an elbow.†
p. 117.9
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)