takawiri
1. (verb) (-tia) to twist, screw, wring .
Me whakapiripiri ki te paranene i tukua ki roto i te wai paera, ka takawiri (TTT 1/8/1928:834). / Apply a flannel that has been placed in boiling water and wrung out.
Synonyms: wairori, whakawiri, kōwiri, takawiriwiri
2. (modifier) twisted, cross-grained.
He rākau takawiri; e kore e akoako (W 1971:370). / It is wood with a twisted grain; it will not split.
3. (noun) twist, twisting.
Ko ngā koiri a te tinana ake i te wāhi tūmau i te papa kanikani, kāore e neke ki wāhi kē, ki wāhi kē. Hei tauira, ko te piko me te toro, ko te takawiri, ko te ngāruerue, ko te ngateri, ko te oreore (RMR 2017). / Non-locomotor movements are of the actual body on a fixed place on the dance floor, there is no movement to other positions. For example, bending, stretching, twisting, moving to and fro, vibrating and shaking.
4. (noun) corkscrew.
