perk
/pɝk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Of coffee: to be produced by heated water seeping (“percolating”) through coffee grounds.
Informal; Intransitive verb
noun
A percolator, particularly of coffee.
Example Sentences
- "Free coffee is one of the perks of the job."
- "I’ll perk some coffee."
- "The coffee is perking."
- "While the coffee perked, she flipped idly through a gardening magazine and scanned an article on the war against aphids."
- "[the squirrel] whisks his brush And perks his ears, and stamps and scolds aloud"
- "The blue jay was having a fit, and the sapsucker perked his bright-eyed little head at him not more than a dozen feet away."
Etymology
Clipping of perquisite.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɝk/
- British English: /pɜːk/
Usage
Inflected Forms
perks (plural)
perq (alternative)
perks (present, singular)
perking (participle, present)
perked (participle, past)
perked (past)
more perk (comparative)
most perk (superlative)