All 5 Uses
recoil
in
Marley & Me
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- We could tell from the wide berth strangers gave him and the way they recoiled when he bounded their way that they no longer viewed him as a harmless puppy.†
p. 40.4 *recoiled = moved back suddenly
- I shrieked, recoiling across the bed.†
p. 77.2
- Marley recoiled and lunged again, this time bringing his mouth within inches of our newborn's toes.†
p. 108.4recoiled = moved back suddenly
- The owner must have noticed me recoiling because he called out, "Don't you worry.†
p. 200.6
- Everyone was jumping back now, recoiling, fleeing to higher ground.†
p. 205.1
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)