rukeruke
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to throw about, toss about, fling about.
Ehara te 'Waka' nei i te mea hei pānuitanga ki te ao i ngā mahi pōrangi a ngā tāngata pērā me tō hoa e rukeruke nei i ana moni ki te 'hauta', ahakoa he mārenatanga, he ahatanga rānei (TWMNT 5/6/1877:141). / The 'Waka' is not intended as a medium for publishing to the world the folly of such men as your friend, who throws about his money to "shout", whether for a wedding or whatever.
2. (modifier) wasteful, extravagant, profligate.
Mehemea ka waiho ngā moni me ngā taonga e whakapaua ana e ētahi o rātou ki ngā mahi haurangi me ngā mahi rukeruke noa atu hei moni hanga kura, hei moni oranga hoki mō ētahi kaiwhakaako, nā kua kore e kīia kāore he tikanga e taea ai te whakaako i ngā tamariki pēnei, kua whiwhi kura ngā iwi katoa (TWMNT 9/1/1877:2). / If the money and possessions, which some of them squander in drunkenness and dissipation, were applied to the erection of schools and the welfare of teachers there would be no reason to say that it was not possible to educate the children, there would be schools for every tribe.
Synonyms: whiuwhiu
