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Meaning of perk up

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

perk

Pronunciation:/pɝk//pɜːk/

noun

Definitions

  1. Perquisite.

    Example: Free coffee is one of the perks of the job.

  2. A bonus ability that a player character can acquire; a permanent power-up.

perk

Pronunciation:/pɝk//pɜːk/

noun

Definitions

  1. A percolator, particularly of coffee.

verb

Definitions

  1. To make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker.

    Example: I’ll perk some coffee.

  2. Of coffee: to be produced by heated water seeping (“percolating”) through coffee grounds.

    Example: The coffee is perking.

perk

Pronunciation:/pɝk//pɜːk/

verb

Definitions

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

  2. To appear from below or behind something, emerge, pop up, poke out.

  3. To exalt oneself; to bear oneself loftily.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.