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Definition[1]

visūka : [nt.] wriggling; a show.

Source
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]

Visūka (nt.) [perhaps to sūc, sūcayati] restless motion, wriggling, twisting, twitching (better than "show," although connection with sūc would give meaning "indication, show"), almost synonymous with vipphandita. Usually in cpd. diṭṭhi˚ scuffling or wriggling of opinion, wrong views, heresy M i.8, 486; Sn 55 (cp. Nd2 301); Pv iv.137.
   -- dassana visiting shows (as fairs) D i.5 (cp. DA i.77: "visūkaŋ paṭani -- bhūtaŋ dassanaŋ," reading not clear); A i.212; ii.209; Pug 58.

Source
Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
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