What does perken mean?
Perken means (ambitransitive, nonstandard) To make or become perked or perky..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(ambitransitive, nonstandard) To make or become perked or perky..
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.
She saw him and kind of perkened up [perked up] her gait a little bit.
But Lawrence,” he adds, perkening, “I hope you were planning to take my Elizabethan poets course next year?”
Use perken when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Perken means (ambitransitive, nonstandard) To make or become perked or perky..
Common synonyms include perk.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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