panapana
1. (verb) (-a,-ia) to drive out, expel, banish, dismiss, eject, evict, push, send off, sack.
I tētahi wāhi o Haina e panapana ana te iwi i ngā minita karakia, muru rawa ngā taonga o ngā whare (KO 15/1/1885). / In one part of China the people have driven out the church ministers and plundered the possessions of the houses.
Synonyms: tūwhiti, pana, pei, whakapako, tūhiti, torohaki, tōpana ue, ue, tute, uaki, kōpana, peipei, taeatanga, pēke, urupatu
2. (verb) to throb, pulsate.
He puia hoki pea, he ahi whānāriki, kei raro e panapana ake ana (TWMNT 11/8/1874:206). / And it was probably volcano, geothermal activity thrusting up from below.
Synonyms: kapakapa
3. (modifier) emotional, passionate.
He wahine tino panapana, tino hūkokikoki, ā, he wā anō, he matawhawhati te whanonga (TTR 1996:56). / She was a very emotional and temperamental woman and sometimes behaved unpredictably.
Synonyms: remurere, manawawera, mate kanehe, kohara, ngākau whiwhita
4. (noun) throbbing, beating.
Ka tere te panapana o te manawa, ka tere anō te rere a ngā toto ki te roro (TTT 1/2/1926:352). / The heart throbs faster and the flow of the blood to the brain speeds up.
5. (noun) spring (of a trap).
Rere ana te panapana o te tawhiti (W 1971:256). / The spring of the trap went off.
