Meaning

3 senses
  1. Lively and often cheerful and enthusiastic.

    She answered with a perky smile and bounced off.

    enthusiastisch, munter, keck

    бо́йкийbójkij

  2. Standing upright; firm.

    The plant looks much perkier since I watered it.

    perky breasts

    aufrecht, fest, selbstbewusst

    торчащийtorčaščij

  3. (obsolete)Early-ripening.

More definitions
  • characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Tom looks perky.

    ruТом выглядит бойко. — odexed

    deTom sieht flott aus. — Felixjp

  2. You're in perky form, aren't you?

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  3. My nipples will get too perky.

  4. One perky guy was lagging behind me.

    ruЗа мной волочился один бойкий парень. — AqQoyriq_1

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  5. Breakfast TV presenters tend to be unbearably perky.

    deDie Moderatoren im Frühstücksfernsehen neigen dazu, unerträglich lebhaft zu sein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
lively:
standing upright; firm:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
lively:
standing upright; firm:

Forms

perkier, perkiest
Comparativeperkier Lesson
Superlativeperkiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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