rure
1. (verb) (-a) to toss about, scatter, shake.
Kei ētahi wāhi he hōiho mate, he kau mate e takoto noa atu ana i te whenua, ā tērā hoki te wai te riri haere tonu nā me te mānu haere ngā kāta me ngā wākona maha noa atu, āhua kē āhua kē, he mea rure kē i te kaha o te ia o te waipuke nāna i whakawiri (TWMNT 6/10/1894:256-257). / In some places dead horses and cows were lying on the ground, while the still angry rushing waters were carrying many carts and waggons twisted into strange shapes as a result of being tossed about by the strength of the flood's current.
Synonyms: tīoi, pīoioi, tāwiri, pioi, haurui, oreore, whakangāueue, whakapoi, rūrū, tīoioi, hīoioi, ngaeke, ngāoraora, ngatē, whakangāteriteri, ngaue, oraora, pīoraora, whakaruerue, ngatari, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue, ngāruerue, ngateri, ngāueue, wiriwiri, wiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, whīoioi, ore, māueue, māwewe, kereū, korara, tohatoha, toha, kaihora, rū, rauroha, whakaehu, whakakorakora, hora, paratī, rara, rui, heuheu, kaupāpari, whakamarara, whakatakataka, whakapirara, maheu
