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perked

verb as in produce

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The rather lackluster awards show perked up at the 90-minute mark when Ricky Gervais took on the Material Girl herself.

In the second half of the hearing—before he was assaulted by a bone- headed leftist demonstrator—Murdoch perked up.

They did not renew their singing, but perked their heads sideways and watched this strange thing popping out of the hollow limb.

He perked on his toes, and fetched his hand from behind him to flourish it when his Murat came out.

Barney, and Old Jimmie as well, had perked up at the appearance of Barlow, as though at aid which had come just in time.

The artist smiled as he sketched in the jaunty quills of the hat, perked at just the right angle to make an effective picture.

She perched her notebook on the desk of one crossed knee and perked her eyes up as alertly as a sparrow.

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On this page you'll find 263 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to perked, such as: bubble, filter, ooze, permeate, pervade, and bleed.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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