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verb-intransitive. To stick up or jut out: dogs' ears that perk.

verb-intransitive. To carry oneself in a lively and jaunty manner.

v. To cause to stick up quickly: The dog perked its ears at the noise.

adj. Perky.

phrasal-verb. perk up To regain or cause to regain one's good spirits or liveliness.

phrasal-verb. perk up To refresh the appearance of: New furniture and paint perked up the room.

n. Informal A perquisite: "Temper tantrums over perks are more common than the American taxpayer might like to believe” ( Maureen Dowd).

verb-intransitive. Informal To percolate: The coffee was perking on the stove.

n. Perquisite.

v. Shortened form of percolate.

n. A percolator, particularly of coffee.

v. To become more lively or enthusiastic.

v. To peer; to look inquisitively.

v. To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of

verb-intransitive. To exalt one's self; to bear one's self loftily.

adj. Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.

verb-intransitive. To peer; to look inquisitively.

n. A horizontal pole or bar serving as a support for various purposes, as a perch for birds or as the ridge-pole of a tent, or used for the hanging of yarns, skins, etc., to dry, or against which sawn timber may be stacked while seasoning, etc.

An obsolete form of perch.

Neat; trim; smart; hence, pert; airy; jaunty; proud.

To toss or jerk the head with affected smartness; be jaunty or pert: sometimes with an impersonal it.

To hold up smartly; prick up.

To dress; make spruce or smart; smarten; prank.

To peer; look narrowly or sharply.

To examine thoroughly.

n. An obsolete or dialectal (Scotch) form of park.

n. an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)

v. gain or regain energy

"The perk is not standing around in your socks with the masses."

perked    perkes    perking    perks   

recuperate    convalesce    recover   

spruce   

perked    perking    perky    perk up   

erect    smart    trim    spruce    jaunty    vain    peer    strut   

Berk    Burk    Burke    Dirk    Kirk    Merc    Turk    berk    berserk    birk   

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