Be+perk

  • 21perk up — {v.} To get or give back pep, vigor, health, or spirit; become or make more lively; liven up. * /He perked up quickly after his illness./ * /The rain perked up the flowers wonderfully./ …

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  • 22perk up — {v.} To get or give back pep, vigor, health, or spirit; become or make more lively; liven up. * /He perked up quickly after his illness./ * /The rain perked up the flowers wonderfully./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 23perk — [n] benefit advantage, bonus, dividend, extra, fringe benefit, gratuity, gravy*, lagniappe, largess, perquisite, plus, tip; concept 344 Ant. disadvantage …

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  • 24perk up — [v] cheer ameliorate, be refreshed, brighten, buck up*, cheer up, convalesce, gain, improve, invigorate, liven up, look up, mend, pep up, rally, recover, recuperate, refresh, renew, revive, shake, take heart*; concepts 7,22,244,308 Ant. depress …

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  • 25perk-1, prek- —     perk 1, prek     English meaning: to fill     Deutsche Übersetzung: “fũllen, auffũllen”     Note: ? Only indisch and Irish.     Material: O.Ind. pr̥ṇákti (pr̥ñcati, piparkti) “fũllt, gives rich; mengt, mischt”, participle pr̥kta “gemischt …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 26(perk-2): pr̥k- —     (perk 2): pr̥k     English meaning: glowing ashes, coals     Deutsche Übersetzung: “glũhende Asche, Kohle”     Material: Lith. pir̃kšnys f. pl. “ash with glũhenden Funken”, Ltv. pìrkstis, pirkstes pl. ds.; O.Ir. riches f. “glowing coal”,… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 27perk̂-1 —     perk̂ 1     English meaning: rib; brost     Deutsche Übersetzung: “Rippe; Rippengegend, Brust”     Material: O.Ind. pársu f. “Rippe, gebogenes knife”, pürs va , m “Rippengegend, Seite”, Av. parǝsu f. “Rippe”, pǝrǝsu m. “Rippe, Seite”, Osset …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 28perk̂-3, pr̥k̂- —     perk̂ 3, pr̥k̂     English meaning: to tear out, dig out; furrow     Deutsche Übersetzung: “aufreißen, aufwũhlen, aufkratzen”; “Furche, and die besides aufgewũhlte Erde”     Material: O.Ind. pársüna m. “cleft, gap, abyss, Einsenkung”; Lat …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 29perk̂-4, prek̂-, pr̥k̂- —     perk̂ 4, prek̂ , pr̥k̂     English meaning: to ask, ask for     Deutsche Übersetzung: “fragen, bitten”     Material: 1. sk̂o present *pr̥k̂ sk̂ō, worfrom *pr̥sk̂ō: O.Ind. pr̥ccháti “fragt”, Av. pǝrǝsaiti “fragt, begehrt” (participle paršta ) …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 30perk — perk1 [pʉrk] vt. [ME perken < ? NormFr perquer, var. of OFr percher,PERCH2] 1. to raise (the head, ears, etc.) briskly or spiritedly: often with up 2. to make jaunty or smart in appearance: often with up or out 3. to give or restore freshness …

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