Definitions
1.verbTo make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker."I’ll perk some coffee."
2.verbOf coffee: to be produced by heated water seeping (“percolating”) through coffee grounds."The coffee is perking."
3.verbTo make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of.
4.verbTo appear from below or behind something, emerge, pop up, poke out.
5.verbTo exalt oneself; to bear oneself loftily.
6.verbTo peer; to look inquisitively.
7.verbTo perch.
8.nounThe act of something being perked.