Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to perk
Participle: perked
Gerund: perking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | perk |
| you | perk |
| he;she;it | perks |
| we | perk |
| you | perk |
| they | perk |
Perfect
| I | have perked |
| you | have perked |
| he;she;it | has perked |
| we | have perked |
| you | have perked |
| they | have perked |
Past
| I | perked |
| you | perked |
| he;she;it | perked |
| we | perked |
| you | perked |
| they | perked |
Pluperfect
| I | had perked |
| you | had perked |
| he;she;it | had perked |
| we | had perked |
| you | had perked |
| they | had perked |
Future
| I | will perk |
| you | will perk |
| he;she;it | will perk |
| we | will perk |
| you | will perk |
| they | will perk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have perked |
| you | will have perked |
| he;she;it | will have perked |
| we | will have perked |
| you | will have perked |
| they | will have perked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | perk |
| you | perk |
| he;she;it | perk |
| we | perk |
| you | perk |
| they | perk |
Perfect
| I | have perked |
| you | have perked |
| he;she;it | have perked |
| we | have perked |
| you | have perked |
| they | have perked |
Imperfect
| I | perked |
| you | perked |
| he;she;it | perked |
| we | perked |
| you | perked |
| they | perked |
Pluperfect
| I | had perked |
| you | had perked |
| he;she;it | had perked |
| we | had perked |
| you | had perked |
| they | had perked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would perk |
| you | would perk |
| he;she;it | would perk |
| we | would perk |
| you | would perk |
| they | would perk |
Perfect
| I | would have perked |
| you | would have perked |
| he;she;it | would have perked |
| we | would have perked |
| you | would have perked |
| they | would have perked |
Imperative
| you | perk |
| we | Let's perk |
| you | perk |
Verbs conjugated like 'perk'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'perk'
ferk,
jerk,
merk,
park,
peak,
peck,
peek,
perf,
perm,
pern,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Etymology
1. c.1380, "to make oneself trim or smart," perhaps from O.N.Fr. perquer "to perch" (Fr. percher; see perch (1)), on notion of a bird preening its plumage. Sense of "raise oneself briskly" is first attested 1529; perk up "recover liveliness" is from 1656; the adj. perky was formed 1855 (first found in Tennyson).
2. Clipping of percolate (verb) and percolator (noun).
Sample Sentences
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[...] too, in this quarter; and abundance of crazy old tenements with blinking casements, such as may be seen in Flanders. Some of these ancient habitations, with high garret gable-windows perking into the roofs, have a kind of French shrug about them; and being lop-sided with age, appear to hold their heads askew, besides, as if they were grimacing in astonishment at the American [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)