matakarapa
1. (verb) to look askance, take a quick glance, look sideways.
I matakarapa taku tirohanga atu (G 1853:265). / My look was a quick glance.
Synonyms: tiro korotaha, titiro korotaha, titiro pī, titiro whakakeko, titiro whakapī, korotaha, whakarewha, whakarewharewha, tiro pī, kōripi
2. (noun) blink of an eye.
E haere ana rāpea taua tima, ananā! Me te aha? Me te matakarapa. Otirā ko te haere tonu anō a te tima nei; me waiho te matakarapa mo te rerewē (TWMNT 11/8/1874:201). / How fast that ship travelled! What was it like? It was like the blink of an eye. But the way this ship travelled; the blink of an eye is more applicable to the speed of the railway train.
