perk
To make in a percolator or a drip coffeemakerTo make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker.
» Have you told Tom about the perks?
Значення
значень: 8(розмовне, перехідне)To make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker.
I’ll perk some coffee.
(розмовне, неперехідне)Of coffee: to be produced by heated water seeping (“percolating”) through coffee grounds.
The coffee is perking.
(перехідне)To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of.
(неперехідне)To appear from below or behind something, emerge, pop up, poke out.
1842, Robert Browning, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” in Lyrics of Life, Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866, pp. 35-36, lines 152-153, […] suddenly up the face Of the Piper perked in the market-place,
(застаріле)To peer; to look narrowly, sharply, or inquisitively.
(діалектне)To examine thoroughly.
(неперехідне, застаріле)To exalt oneself; to bear oneself loftily.
(застаріле)To perch.
- gain or regain energy
Приклади
речень: 30Have you told Tom about the perks?
Tom will perk up.
ruТом воспрянет духом. — odexed
It's a perk of the job.
There aren't any more perks now.
deEs gibt keine Vergünstigungen mehr. — GuidoW
Joining the military has its perks.
Походження
Clipping of percolate (verb) and percolator (noun). Origin uncertain. Perhaps a metathesiClipping of percolate (verb) and percolator (noun).
Origin uncertain. Perhaps a metathesis of prick.
The origin is uncertain. Perhaps a variant of peer + -k (frequentative ending).
From Middle English perken, from Old Northern French perquer.
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Форми
perks, perking, perked, perkedСиноніми
синонімів: 4- gain or regain energy:perk uppercolatepick upgain vigor
Спільнокореневі
пов’язаних слів: 6Уроки до слова
уроків: 3- A1Present Simple: теперішній простий час — Бо це дієслово
- A1Past Simple: правильні дієслова — Бо у нього є форма минулого часу
- A2Present Perfect: вступ — Бо у нього є дієприкметник минулого часу