HOO-PA-HU-PA-HU
v. See PAHU. To snap, as corn in the fire; to crack or make a report, as a pistol.
2. To beat the drum.
3. To do a thing very quickly or rapidly.
hoopahupahu
/ HOO-PA-HU-PA-HU /s. A drumming or thrumming on a pahu or drum; a thumping; aole wau i moe iki, i ka hoopahupahu wale ia no a ao wale. Laieik. 198.
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hoopahupahu
/ ho'o-pă'-hŭ-pă-hū' /n., Sound of continuous violent drumming or beating. (Laieik. p. 198.)
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hoopahupahu
/ ho'o-pă'-hŭ-pă-hū' /[Hoo and pahu, to burst forth, or pahu, drum.]
1. v., To make sharp, sudden crackling noises, as the explosive sound of fire-crackers. The word implies a continuation of such sounds, not a single report.
2. v., To make a succession of loud sounds by single strokes on a drum.
3. v., To throb violently, as the heart from fear or excitement.
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hoʻopahūpahū
To do a thing quickly; a drumming or thrumming on a pahu or a drum. Pahūpahū ke kūlina, the corn explodes or crackles.
ho‘opahupahu’
fire crackers: to sound successively, throb violently.
ho‘opahupahu
fire crackers: to sound successively, throb violently.
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