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whakapakiri

1. (verb) to show the teeth.

I te wā e hiahia ana te pūru ki te whakaeke ki runga i ētahi o ngā uwha kua haere ki te hongihongi haere, ana, ka pērā te pūru nei e hongihongi ana i te tou o te kuia nei, kātahi ka whakapakiri i ana ngutu (Milroy 2016). / At the time when the bull wants to mount some of the cows it sniffs around, and that's what this bull was doing when it sniffed this elderly woman's bum, and then it exposed its teeth by lifting its lips.

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Synonyms: pakiri

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