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• perk — perk1 perkingly, adv. perkish, adj. /perrk/, v.i. 1. to become lively, cheerful, or vigorous, as after depression or sickness (usually fol. by up): The patients all perked up when we played the piano for them. 2. to act, or carry oneself, in a… …   Universalium