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hāpuku

1. (verb) (-tia) to cram, stuff (food into the mouth).

Kātahi ka tahuri ki te kai i ngā manga e tere ana i te wai, ka hāpukutia ki tōna waha (W 1971:36). / Then it set about eating the branches floating in the water, cramming them into its mouth.

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