pekepeke. 1. a. Quick. Kia pekepeke te haere.
2. n. Celmisia longifolia, a plant. Peke-peke-kiore, Hydnum coralloides, a fungus which grows on the trunks of trees. Pekepeke-haratua, Macromastix holochlora, daddy-long-legs, an insect.
3. v.i. Hop, as a bird.
Williams Dictionary