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Definition of perk verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

perk

verb
 
/pɜːk/
 
/pɜːrk/
Word Originverb late Middle English (in the senses ‘perch’ and ‘be lively’): perhaps from an Old French dialect variant of percher ‘to perch’.
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they perk
 
/pɜːk/
 
/pɜːrk/
he / she / it perks
 
/pɜːks/
 
/pɜːrks/
past simple perked
 
/pɜːkt/
 
/pɜːrkt/
past participle perked
 
/pɜːkt/
 
/pɜːrkt/
-ing form perking
 
/ˈpɜːkɪŋ/
 
/ˈpɜːrkɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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