Usually means: Became more alert or energetic.
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  1. perked: Collins English Dictionary
  2. perked: Vocabulary.com
  3. perked: Wordnik
  4. perked: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. perked: Wiktionary
  6. Perked, perked: Dictionary.com
  7. perked: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. Perked: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. perked: Rhymezone
  10. Perked: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. perked: FreeDictionary.org
  12. perked: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. perked: Merriam-Webster

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. perked: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. perked: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from WordNet (perked)

▸ adjective:  (especially of ears) quickly lifted up or out in attention; `perched' is obsolete ("A dog with perked ears")


Opposite:
slumped, drooped, sagged, dropped, flagged

Phrases:
perked up, ears perked up, ears perked, more...

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Opposite:
slumped, drooped, sagged, dropped, flagged

Phrases:
perked up, ears perked up, ears perked, more...




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