Perken
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Perken is a verb meaning (ambitransitive, nonstandard) To make or become perked or perky.
Meaning
(ambitransitive, nonstandard) To make or become perked or perky.
Example Sentences
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?”
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.
Word Forms
- perkens
- perkening
- perkened
Synonyms for perken
Depending on context, synonyms include perk.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reperk, perk, percolate, preen, prickle, bepucker.
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