adj
Meaning 1
Lively and often cheerful and enthusiastic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She answered with a perky smile and bounced off.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
perky
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈpɝki/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ki
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homophone: percy
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CMU ARPABET: P ER1 K IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Standing upright; firm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The plant looks much perkier since I watered it.
- perky breasts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Early-ripening.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Alternative spelling of percy (“Percocet pill”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- buoyant spirits
- his quick wit and chirpy humor
- looking bright and well and chirpy
- a perky little widow in her 70s
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: buoyant, chirpy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English perk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English perky From perk + -y.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: lewendig — lively
- Bulgarian: закачлив, игрив (zakačliv, igriv) — lively
- Czech: čiperný — lively
- Dutch: levendig — lively
- Dutch: enthousiast — lively
- Estonian: krapsakas — lively
- Estonian: ülemeelik — lively
- Finnish: pirteä — lively
- Finnish: pirtsakka — lively
- Finnish: virkeä — lively
- Finnish: terhakka — lively
- French: gai — lively
- French: enthousiaste — lively
- French: vif — lively
- Galician: animado — lively
- Galician: animada — lively
- German: enthusiastisch — lively
- German: munter — lively
- German: keck — lively
- German: lebendig — lively
- Māori: manahau — lively
- Māori: manamanahau — lively
- Norwegian Bokmål: livlig — lively
- Russian: бо́йкий (bójkij) — lively
- Spanish: vivaz — lively
- Spanish: animado — lively
- Spanish: alegre — lively
- Swedish: ärtig — lively
- Swedish: käck — lively
- Swedish: morsk — lively
- Dutch: stevig — standing upright; firm
- Dutch: kaarsrecht — standing upright; firm
- Finnish: terhakka — standing upright; firm
- Finnish: pysty — standing upright; firm
- French: ferme — standing upright; firm
- French: dressé — standing upright; firm
- German: aufrecht — standing upright; firm
- German: fest — standing upright; firm
- German: selbstbewusst — standing upright; firm
- Norwegian Bokmål: rank — standing upright; firm
- Norwegian Bokmål: strunk — standing upright; firm
- Russian: торчащий (torčaščij) — standing upright; firm
- Spanish: respingón — standing upright; firm
- Spanish: turgente — standing upright; firm
- Spanish: paradito — standing upright; firm
- Spanish: firme — standing upright; firm
- Swedish: pigg — standing upright; firm
- Swedish: fast — standing upright; firm