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perked

verb

Meaning

  1. To make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker.
  2. Of coffee: to be produced by heated water seeping (“percolating”) through coffee grounds.
  3. To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of.
  4. To appear from below or behind something, emerge, pop up, poke out.
  5. To exalt oneself; to bear oneself loftily.
  6. To peer; to look inquisitively.
  7. To perch.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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