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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.

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