ngāoraora
1. (verb) to writhe, convulse, shake, quiver.
Mehemea ka kite pū i te rau tangata e tāwhetawheta ana i roto i ōna toto, e ngāoraora ana, e auē ana i te mamae, kātahi rawa ka tau te pōuri ki te ngākau (TWM 18/3/1865:1). / If people actually see a person writhing in his own blood, convulsing and crying out in pain, only then will they become upset.
Synonyms: kūreperepe, oioi, rū, kārohirohi, kapakapa, wanawana, wiriwiri, whakakakapa, ore, kakapa, māueue, māwewe, kereū, tāwariwari, tīkorikori, aroarohaki, arowhaki, arohaki, oreore, ārohirohi, ngaue, ngatari, rure, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue, ngāruerue, ngateri, ngāueue, wiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, whīoioi, pīoioi, rui, tāwiri, pioi, haurui, whakangāueue, whakapoi, rūrū, tīoioi, hīoioi, ngaeke, ngatē, whakangāteriteri, oraora, pīoraora, whakaruerue, tīoi
