perky
11perky — adjective (perkier; est) Date: 1855 1. briskly self assured ; cocky 2. jaunty < a perky…waltz New Yorker > • perkily adverb • perkiness noun …
12perky — adjective a) Lively or enthusiastic. She answered with a perky smile and bounced off. b) Standing upright; firm. The plant looks much perkier since I watered it …
13perky — adj. Perky is used with these nouns: ↑breast …
14perky — perk|y [ˈpə:ki US ˈpə:rki] adj informal [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: perk to behave confidently and cheerfully ; PERK1] confident, happy, and active ▪ a perky salesgirl >perkily adv >perkiness n [U] …
15perky — adj Lively in a cutesy way. Kay Largo is a perky as a cheerleader. 1810s …
16perky — adjective informal confidently cheerful and interested in what is happening around you: You re very perky today! perkily adverb perkiness noun (U) …
17Perky, Florida — Perky is a ghost town in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is located in the lower Florida Keys on Lower Sugarloaf Key near mile marker 17 on US 1 (the Overseas Highway).It is the site of the historic Sugarloaf Key bat tower built by… …
18Perky phenomenon — Also known as Perky effect. Both eponyms refer to the American psychologist Cheves West Perky (1874 1940). They refer to the phenomenon of mistaking a sensory percept for a product of the imagination. The phenomenon was first reported by Perky …
19Perky effect — see Perky phenomenon …
20perky — perkily, adv. perkiness, n. /perr kee/, adj., perkier, perkiest. jaunty; cheerful; brisk; pert. [1850 55; PERK1 + Y1] * * * …
