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Webster 1913 Edition


Perk

Perk

(pẽrk)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Perked
(pẽrkt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Perking
.]
[Cf. W.
percu
to trim, to make smart.]
To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of;
as, to
perk
the ears; to
perk
up one’s head.
Cowper.
Sherburne.

Perk

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To exalt one's self; to bear one's self loftily.
“To perk over them.”
Barrow.
To perk it
,
to carry one's self proudly or saucily.
Pope.

Perk

,
Adj.
Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.
Perk as a peacock.”
Spenser.

Perk

,
Verb.
I.
To peer; to look inquisitively.
Dickens.

Webster 1828 Edition


Perk

PERK

,
Adj.
Properly, erect; hence, smart; trim.

PERK

,
Verb.
I.
To hold up the head with affected smartness.

PERK

,
Verb.
T.
To dress; to make trim or smart; to prank.

Definition 2024


pērk

pērk

See also: perk

Latvian

Verb

pērk

  1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of pirkt
  2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of pirkt
  3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of pirkt
  4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of pirkt