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English
Etymology 1
From perk + -y.
Pronunciation
Adjective
perky (comparative perkier, superlative perkiest)
- Lively.
She answered with a perky smile and bounced off.
- Standing upright; firm.
The plant looks much perkier since I watered it.
perky breasts
Derived terms
Translations
lively
- Afrikaans: lewendig
- Bulgarian: закачлив, игрив (zakačliv, igriv)
- Czech: čiperný
- Dutch: levendig (nl), enthousiast (nl)
- Estonian: krapsakas, ülemeelik
- Finnish: pirteä (fi), pirtsakka (fi), virkeä (fi), terhakka (fi)
- French: gai (fr), enthousiaste (fr), vif (fr)
- Galician: animado (gl) m, animada f
- German: enthusiastisch (de), munter (de), keck (de), lebendig (de)
- Maori: manahau, manamanahau
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: livlig
- Russian: бо́йкий (ru) (bójkij)
- Spanish: vivaz (es)
- Swedish: ärtig (sv), käck (sv), morsk (sv)
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See also
Etymology 2
Noun
perky (plural perkies)
- Alternative spelling of percy (“Percocet pill”)
Further reading
- “perky”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “perky”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “perky”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.