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To struggle or make frantic efforts to escape from a firm grasp or to rise from underneath a superimposed weight, and the like.

To writhe, move about restlessly, stir and wriggle as one struggling to get free from some superimposed weight or the like. Nagahiwasâ siá sa íya higdáan, kay masakít gid ang íya solóksolók. He is writhing in bed, for he has a severe stomach-ache. Anó na man ang ginahiwasâ mo? What are you wriggling for this time? (see híos, híwos, íwos, híwod, pólok, etc.).

(B) To be in a hurry or anxious to do something at once. Nagapólog siá sa pagpaúlì. He is anxious to go home. He is in a hurry to get home. (see pólok).

Dim. and Freq. of pólok. Nagapolókpólok ang karabáw nga ginamarkahán. The buffalo that is being branded is making frantic efforts to rise. (see rímpwal, pológpólog).

To struggle hard or make great efforts to escape, to strain every nerve to break fetters, shake off a superimposed weight and the like. Ang karabáw nga nagápus kag ginamarkahán nagarímpwal. The buffalo that is tied and is being branded is making frantic efforts to rise. (see pólok, polók-pólok).

To stumble, make a false step and reel in consequence without falling altogether, to lose one's balance (by slipping, etc.) and to regain it with some effort; to struggle, make great efforts to escape (as a child struggling to get away from the arms of its nurse, or the like). (see balít-ad, tikháyà, pólok, rímpwal).

(Sp. trompis) A blow with the fist. But in Visayan almost exclusively used in the meaning: to struggle, make frantic efforts to escape or get free, to kick, make convulsive movements to gain one's freedom, etc. (see rímpwal, kúbyal, hiwasâ, pálak, pólok).

Gambol, frisk, frolic, running and jumping with clapping of hands, or the like; to frolic, gambol, frisk, run and jump and clap one's hands, make violent gesticulations; to make convulsive movements, start, startle, struggle, wriggle, writhe, get a shock. Iníng bátà daw pírme gid lang nagatumpilák. This boy is-never at rest,-always up to something,-always running and jumping and making a noise. (see rímpwal, pólok, pálak, kubyál, hinúgyaw).

(B) The blossom or flower of the mango tree; to flower, blossom, bloom, be in bloom (blossom), said of the mango tree. Nagaparókpok (Nagapamúlak) na ang páhò. The mango tree is flowering, is in blossom, is in bloom. (see polókpok, porókpok).