2. (verb) to be fast, rapid, travel quickly.
Hukehuke ana te hoki whakamuri a Te Wiriwiri (TWK 35:14). / Te Wiriwiri rapidly backed away.
3. (noun) fool, idiot.
Kaua koe e whai atu i ngā mahi a te hukehuke rā, kei raru kōrua tahi (PK 1991:150). / You shouldn't follow what that idiot does or you'll both be in trouble.
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