PERK

v. a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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.

2.
v.

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.

3.
a.

Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain. "Perk as a peacock." Spenser.

4.
v.

To peer; to look inquisitively. Dickens.

← PERJURY P — all words PERKIN →
Browse all “P” words Find “PERK” in other definitions

98,828 entries. Headwords are matched first, then definition text.