also: ぱっくり · ばっくり
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.
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.
魚が餌をパクリとくわえた。
The fish snapped up the bait.
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
He opened his mouth wide and yawned.
傷口がぱっくりと開いている。
The wound is gaping open.
He gobbled up a big rice ball.
That design is said to be a rip-off.
彼の小説は有名作品のパクリだった。
His novel was a plagiarism of a famous work.
Common katakana spelling for the mimetic adverb and the colloquial noun sense.
Emphatic variant with geminate consonant, often for a wide-open mouth or wound.
Search-only katakana form for the emphatic variant.
Hiragana spelling; often used in casual writing.
Mimetic word (onomatopoeia) for a wide-open mouth or snapping action. The plagiarism sense is a colloquial noun derived from the verb パクる, which itself comes from the mimetic root.