Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to perk up
Participle: perked up
Gerund: perking up
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | perk up |
| you | perk up |
| he;she;it | perks up |
| we | perk up |
| you | perk up |
| they | perk up |
Perfect
| I | have perked up |
| you | have perked up |
| he;she;it | has perked up |
| we | have perked up |
| you | have perked up |
| they | have perked up |
Past
| I | perked up |
| you | perked up |
| he;she;it | perked up |
| we | perked up |
| you | perked up |
| they | perked up |
Pluperfect
| I | had perked up |
| you | had perked up |
| he;she;it | had perked up |
| we | had perked up |
| you | had perked up |
| they | had perked up |
Future
| I | will perk up |
| you | will perk up |
| he;she;it | will perk up |
| we | will perk up |
| you | will perk up |
| they | will perk up |
Future Perfect
| I | will have perked up |
| you | will have perked up |
| he;she;it | will have perked up |
| we | will have perked up |
| you | will have perked up |
| they | will have perked up |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | perk up |
| you | perk up |
| he;she;it | perk up |
| we | perk up |
| you | perk up |
| they | perk up |
Perfect
| I | have perked up |
| you | have perked up |
| he;she;it | have perked up |
| we | have perked up |
| you | have perked up |
| they | have perked up |
Imperfect
| I | perked up |
| you | perked up |
| he;she;it | perked up |
| we | perked up |
| you | perked up |
| they | perked up |
Pluperfect
| I | had perked up |
| you | had perked up |
| he;she;it | had perked up |
| we | had perked up |
| you | had perked up |
| they | had perked up |
Conditional
Present
| I | would perk up |
| you | would perk up |
| he;she;it | would perk up |
| we | would perk up |
| you | would perk up |
| they | would perk up |
Perfect
| I | would have perked up |
| you | would have perked up |
| he;she;it | would have perked up |
| we | would have perked up |
| you | would have perked up |
| they | would have perked up |
Imperative
| you | perk up |
| we | Let's perk up |
| you | perk up |
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)