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verb
Perk  v. i.  
1.
To exalt one's self; to bear one's self loftily. "To perk over them."
2.
To act in a jaunty or presumptuous manner.
To perk it, to carry one's self proudly or saucily.






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"Perk" Quotes from Famous Books



... cried Mr. Tweet. "Fame and fortune await us just ahead. She slows! She creeps! Palada opens her arms to us! Perk up, Hiram! The girl wasn't your kind, my boy. You'd have stepped all over her little feet, and she'd got a divorce and alimony on the grounds ...
— The She Boss - A Western Story • Arthur Preston Hankins

... wheeled chair, where a young man lay. Sallow he was and slim and long, and helpless—you could see that by his white hanging hands. But his voice—it was what a woman's voice would be if she were a man. It made you perk up and pretend to be somewhere near its level. It fitted his soft, black clothes and his fine, clean face. It ...
— In the Bishop's Carriage • Miriam Michelson

... towards the horse, feeding knee-deep in grass and young mustard in the opening farther down the slope, and whistled a long, high note. The white head went up with a fling of the heavy mane, to perk ears forward at the sound. Then he turned and came towards them at a long, swinging walk that was a joy ...
— The Gringos • B. M. Bower

... for with sech encouragement thar's no tellin' when he'll make a play at Monte an' the Wolfville stage, an' take to layin' waste the fortunes of all us gents. What is done to Lordsburg we can stand, but a blow at our own warbags, even in antic'pation, is calc'lated to cause us to perk up. We're all discussin' the doin's of this yere route agent an' wonderin' if it's Curly Bill, when Boggs gets back from Red Dog, with the result, as I says, that he onloads his findin's, that a-way, on a dead ...
— Faro Nell and Her Friends - Wolfville Stories • Alfred Henry Lewis

... "Hey, Perk!" Her finger flipped the observatory com line switch. "Have you got the planets lined up in your scopes yet? Where are they? The Sacred Cow wants to know if they're all where they ...
— Where I Wasn't Going • Walt Richmond

... since leetle Joe went away. Seems like she jest can't ever git over it. I seen her cryin' the last time I was over. No use tryin' to comfort the pore ole gal. It left a sore place in her heart that nothin' kin ever heal. I'm a hopin' that p'haps with you around she may perk up some." ...
— Darry the Life Saver - The Heroes of the Coast • Frank V. Webster

... the ground and began to count the money. "That's mine," I said to pa; but he didn't notice me, just went on countin' till he found out there was about $2000.00. Then he said, "This money goes to the county. Nancy Allen didn't have any relatives, and it goes to the county." Well, I began to perk up and I said, "Ain't Mrs. Bender her sister—and if it ain't mine for findin' it, why don't it go to her sister?" Pa said: "No, Mrs. Bender ain't her sister, and I know she didn't have any relatives. Anyway, we'll advertise and if no relatives ...
— Mitch Miller • Edgar Lee Masters

... hurt—bear it! If you are teased—look pleasant! If you are blamed—do better next time! If you feel blue—perk up, and don't be a baby!" Such were the Spartan rules of the new life, and an unaccustomed shame rose up in her mind at the realisation of the selfishness and weak betrayal of that first home letter. Was it not possible to represent ...
— Tom and Some Other Girls - A Public School Story • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

... attend one once more. For myself, I prefer a good, old-fashioned 'show' to the finest opera going. The one touches my heart, the other my head. But here we are, and Miss Helena, I see you're beginning to perk up, now you find yourself in ...
— Dorothy's House Party • Evelyn Raymond



Words linked to "Perk" :   apanage, bakshish, recover, recuperate, percolate, benefit, backsheesh, appanage, gain vigor, bakshis, gratuity, perquisite, perk up, baksheesh, pick up, tip, pourboire, fringe benefit



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