Usually means: Improving or becoming more lively.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word perking:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. perking: Merriam-Webster
  2. perking: Collins English Dictionary
  3. perking: Vocabulary.com
  4. Perking, perking: Wordnik
  5. perking: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. perking: Wiktionary
  7. Perking, perking: Dictionary.com
  8. perking: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Perking: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Perking: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Perking: Rhymezone
  12. Perking: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. perking: FreeDictionary.org
  14. perking: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

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Definitions from Wiktionary (perking)

▸ noun:  The act of something being perked.

Similar:
perquisite, fringe benefit, perk up, pick up, percolate, gain vigor, pecke, poking, punction, peaklet, more...

Opposite:
slumping, drooping, flagging, wilting

Types:
decaf, half-caf, cappuccino, latte, espresso, mocha, macchiato, americ, more...

Phrases:
perking up, more...



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Similar:
perquisite, fringe benefit, perk up, pick up, percolate, gain vigor, pecke, poking, punction, peaklet, more...

Opposite:
slumping, drooping, flagging, wilting

Types:
decaf, half-caf, cappuccino, latte, espresso, mocha, macchiato, americ, more...

Phrases:
perking up, more...



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