Word Study
perk
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun perk has 1 sense
- perk(n = noun.possession) fringe benefit, perquisite - an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right); "a limousine is one of the fringe benefits of the job" is a kind of benefit
has particulars: apanage, appanage, backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, pourboire, tip
Verb perk has 1 sense
- perk(v = verb.body) gain vigor, percolate, perk up, pick up - gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap" is one way to convalesce, recover, recuperate
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
perk, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
perk, v. i.
To exalt one's self; to bear one's self loftily. Barrow. [1913 Webster]
perk, a.
Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
perk, v. i.
To peer; to look inquisitively. Dickens. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
perk, v. & adj.
--v.tr. raise (one's head etc.) briskly.
--adj. perky; pert.
--v.tr. raise (one's head etc.) briskly.
--adj. perky; pert.
Idiom
perk up
1 recover confidence, courage, life, or zest.
2 restore confidence or courage or liveliness in (esp. another person).
3 smarten up.
1 recover confidence, courage, life, or zest.
2 restore confidence or courage or liveliness in (esp. another person).
3 smarten up.
perk, n. Brit. colloq. a perquisite.
perk, v. colloq.
1 intr. (of coffee) percolate, make a bubbling sound in the percolator.
2 tr. percolate (coffee).
1 intr. (of coffee) percolate, make a bubbling sound in the percolator.
2 tr. percolate (coffee).
Etymology
abbr. of PERCOLATE
ROGET THESAURUS
perk
Clothing
VB invest, cover, envelope, lap, involve, inwrap, enwrap, wrap, fold up, wrap up, lap up, muffle up, overlap, sheath, swathe, swaddle, roll up in, circumvest, vest, clothe, array, dress, dight, drape, robe, enrobe, attire, apparel, accounter, rig, fit out, deck, perk, equip, harness, caparison, wear, don, put on, huddle on, slip on, mantle.
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