パクリ

adverb taking the 'to' particle, adverb

gaping; wide open

Describes something opening widely, especially a mouth or wound. Often used with 開く or 開ける.

• 大おおきな口くちをパクリと開あけて、あくびをした。

  He opened his mouth wide and yawned.

• 傷きず口ぐちがぱっくりと開あいている。

  The wound is gaping open.

adverb taking the 'to' particle, adverb

snapping up; gobbling up

Mimetic for quickly and greedily taking something into the mouth, like a fish snapping at bait or a person taking a big bite.

• 魚さかなが餌えさをパクリとくわえた。

  The fish snapped up the bait.

• 彼かれは大おおきなおにぎりをパクリと食たべた。

  He gobbled up a big rice ball.

noun

plagiarism; rip-off; copying

Only with reading パクリ / ぱくり

Colloquial noun derived from the verb パクる. Refers to stealing someone else's work or idea. Often used in creative contexts.

See also: パクる

• そのデザインはパクリだと言いわれている。

  That design is said to be a rip-off.

• 彼かれの小しょう説せつは有ゆう名めい作さく品ひんのパクリだった。

  His novel was a plagiarism of a famous work.