perk
To make in a percolator or a drip coffeemakerTo make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker.
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8 senses(informal, transitive)To make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker.
I’ll perk some coffee.
(informal, intransitive)Of coffee: to be produced by heated water seeping (“percolating”) through coffee grounds.
The coffee is perking.
(transitive)To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of.
(intransitive)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,
(dated)To peer; to look narrowly, sharply, or inquisitively.
(dialectal)To examine thoroughly.
(intransitive, obsolete)To exalt oneself; to bear oneself loftily.
(obsolete)To perch.
- gain or regain energy
Examples
30 sentencesOrigin
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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Forms
perks, perking, perked, perkedSynonyms
4 synonyms- gain or regain energy:perk uppercolatepick upgain vigor
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle