Perken

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make or become perked or perky. ambitransitive, nonstandard

    "Us perkened so, staring at each other, not rightly knowing one the other—such a goodly percentage of familiar skin now been quenched back of hiding cloth."

Synonyms

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perkperk

Example

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"Us perkened so, staring at each other, not rightly knowing one the other—such a goodly percentage of familiar skin now been quenched back of hiding cloth."

Etymology

From perk + -en.

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