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Definition of Perkish - 3 dictionary results

perk

1  [purk]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to become lively, cheerful, or vigorous, as after depression or sickness (usually fol. by up): The patients all perked up when we played the piano for them.
2. to act, or carry oneself, in a jaunty manner.
3. to put oneself forward briskly or presumptuously.
–verb (used with object)
4. to make smart, trim, or jaunty (sometimes fol. by up or out): to perk up a suit with a new white blouse.
5. to raise smartly or briskly (often fol. by up or out): to perk one's head up.
–adjective
6. perky; jaunty: a perk manner.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME perken; perh. akin to peer 2

Related forms:
perk⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
perkish, adjective
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perk

  1. n.
    an extra financial benefit; a monetary inducement or reward. (From perquisite. See also benies.) : I don't get paid much, but the perks are good.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

perk  (v.)
c.1380, "to make oneself trim or smart," perhaps from O.N.Fr. perquer "to perch" (Fr. percher; see perch (1)), on notion of a bird preening its plumage. Sense of "raise oneself briskly" is first attested 1529; perk up "recover liveliness" is from 1656; the adj. perky was formed 1855 (first found in Tennyson).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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