"perk up one's ears" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: perks up one's ears [present, singular, third-person], perking up one's ears [participle, present], perked up one's ears [participle, past], perked up one's ears [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} perk up one's ears (third-person singular simple present perks up one's ears, present participle perking up one's ears, simple past and past participle perked up one's ears)
  1. Synonym of prick up one's ears Synonyms: prick up one's ears [synonym, synonym-of], perk one's ears
    Sense id: en-perk_up_one's_ears-en-verb-74OcXIbP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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