"perky" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɝki/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perky.wav [Southern-England] Forms: perkier [comparative], perkiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ki Etymology: From perk + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|perk|y|id2=adjectival}} perk + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} perky (comparative perkier, superlative perkiest)
  1. Lively. Categories (topical): Happiness Translations (lively): lewendig (Afrikaans), закачлив, игрив (zakačliv, igriv) (Bulgarian), čiperný (Czech), levendig (Dutch), enthousiast (Dutch), krapsakas (Estonian), ülemeelik (Estonian), pirteä (Finnish), pirtsakka (Finnish), virkeä (Finnish), terhakka (Finnish), gai (French), enthousiaste (French), vif (French), animado [masculine] (Galician), animada [feminine] (Galician), enthusiastisch (German), munter (German), keck (German), lebendig (German), manahau (Maori), manamanahau (Maori), livlig (Norwegian Bokmål), бо́йкий (bójkij) (Russian), vivaz (Spanish), ärtig (Swedish), käck (Swedish), morsk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-perky-en-adj-aGw4U~dK Disambiguation of Happiness: 54 20 26 Disambiguation of 'lively': 99 1
  2. Standing upright; firm. Translations (standing upright; firm): stevig (Dutch), kaarsrecht (Dutch), terhakka (Finnish), pysty (Finnish), ferme (French), dressé (French), aufrecht (German), fest (German), selbstbewusst (German), rank (Norwegian Bokmål), strunk (Norwegian Bokmål), торчащий (torčaščij) (Russian), pigg (Swedish), fast (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-perky-en-adj-C3WmtJp8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 48 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 52 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 23 77 Disambiguation of 'standing upright; firm': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: parky, perkily, perkiness Related terms: perk, perk up
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: perkies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} perky (plural perkies)
  1. Alternative spelling of percy (“Percocet pill”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: percy (extra: Percocet pill)
    Sense id: en-perky-en-noun-b8ug625q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 48 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "standing upright; firm",
          "word": "pysty"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "standing upright; firm",
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "standing upright; firm",
          "word": "dressé"
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          "word": "aufrecht"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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      "word": "lewendig"
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      "sense": "lively",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lively",
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "lively",
      "word": "krapsakas"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "lively",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lively",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "lively",
      "word": "virkeä"
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      "sense": "lively",
      "word": "terhakka"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lively",
      "word": "gai"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lively",
      "word": "enthousiaste"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lively",
      "word": "vif"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "lively",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "lively",
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      "word": "animada"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "lively",
      "word": "enthusiastisch"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lively",
      "word": "munter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lively",
      "word": "keck"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lively",
      "word": "lebendig"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lively",
      "word": "manahau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lively",
      "word": "manamanahau"
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      "sense": "lively",
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    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bójkij",
      "sense": "lively",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lively",
      "word": "vivaz"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lively",
      "word": "ärtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lively",
      "word": "käck"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lively",
      "word": "morsk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "standing upright; firm",
      "word": "stevig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "standing upright; firm",
      "word": "kaarsrecht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "standing upright; firm",
      "word": "terhakka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "standing upright; firm",
      "word": "pysty"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "standing upright; firm",
      "word": "ferme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "standing upright; firm",
      "word": "dressé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "standing upright; firm",
      "word": "aufrecht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "standing upright; firm",
      "word": "fest"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "standing upright; firm",
      "word": "selbstbewusst"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "standing upright; firm",
      "word": "rank"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "standing upright; firm",
      "word": "strunk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "torčaščij",
      "sense": "standing upright; firm",
      "word": "торчащий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "standing upright; firm",
      "word": "pigg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "standing upright; firm",
      "word": "fast"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perky"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "en:Happiness"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "perkies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "perky (plural perkies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "Percocet pill",
          "word": "percy"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of percy (“Percocet pill”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "percy",
          "percy#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "perky"
}

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