الفرفرة
English translation: Death twitch
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|  Selected response from: Lamine Boukabour Algeria Local time: 17:28 | ||||||
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| 4 +2 | Death twitch - Postmortem reflex - Agonal gasp - Final convulsion |
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| 4 | Babble, drivel |
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| 3 | Squirming/thrashing |
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Squirming/thrashing Explanation: I think it has the same meaning we use in the Egyptian dialect, which is thrashing about or squirming. |
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Babble, drivel Explanation: فَرْفَرَ فِي كَلاَمِهِ : خَلَّطَ وَأَكْثَرَ Babble: to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly ربما انه غرز مديته في عنق الشاب لاسكاته -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2023-11-01 17:10:38 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://www.almaany.com/ar/dict/ar-ar/فرفرة/ |
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2Death twitch - Postmortem reflex - Agonal gasp - Final convulsion Explanation: These terms all refer to the involuntary movements that occur in the body after death. These movements are caused by the release of energy from the dying cells. The movements can be anything from a slight twitch to a full-blown convulsion. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2023-11-01 17:50:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- A Sudanese fellow explained these terms here:  |
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