ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Perc

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Perc is a noun meaning Clipping of perchloroethylene: a common solvent used in dry-cleaning.

Meaning

Clipping of perchloroethylene: a common solvent used in dry-cleaning.

More Meanings

  1. Clipping of percolation.
  2. (medicine, colloquial) Percutaneous.
  3. Alternative form of perk (perquisite)
  4. Alternative letter-case form of Perc (“Percocet”)

Example Sentences

a perc test of the soil
As members of the middle class try to hang on to the percs and privileges of their fading good life, they rush, as always before, to "cast their cares upon God."

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include solvent, minute, perchloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, tetrachlorethylene, trichloroethylene.

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