PERKING

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Definition

verb
  1. To make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker.
    “I’ll perk some coffee.”
  2. Of coffee: to be produced by heated water seeping (β€œpercolating”) through coffee grounds.
    “The coffee is perking.”
verb
  1. To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of.
  2. To appear from below or behind something, emerge, pop up, poke out.
  3. To exalt oneself; to bear oneself loftily.
verb
  1. To peer; to look inquisitively.
verb
  1. To perch.
noun
  1. The act of something being perked.

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