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• Perkish

  [purk] /pɜrk/ verb (used without object) 1. to become lively, cheerful, or vigorous, as after depression or sickness (usually followed by up): The patients all perked up when we played the piano for them. 2. to act, or carry oneself, in a jaunty manner. 3. to put oneself forward briskly or presumptuously. verb (used with […]

• Perks

  [purk] /pɜrk/ verb (used without object) 1. to become lively, cheerful, or vigorous, as after depression or sickness (usually followed by up): The patients all perked up when we played the piano for them. 2. to act, or carry oneself, in a jaunty manner. 3. to put oneself forward briskly or presumptuously. verb (used with […]

• Perky

  [pur-kee] /ˈpɜr ki/ adjective, perkier, perkiest. 1. jaunty; cheerful; brisk; pert. /ˈpɜːkɪ/ adjective perkier, perkiest 1. jaunty; lively 2. confident; spirited adj. 1820, from perk (v.) + -y (2). Of young women’s breasts since at least 1937. Related: Perkily; perkiness. adjective Energetic and jaunty; lively; chipper (1855+)

• Perl

  /pɜːl/ noun 1. a computer language that is used for text manipulation, esp on the Internet language, tool A high-level programming language, started by Larry Wall in 1987 and developed as an open source project. It has an eclectic heritage, deriving from the ubiquitous C programming language and to a lesser extent from sed, awk, […]

• Perl5

  language, tool A commonly used but unofficial term for 5.* versions of Perl. (1999-12-04)

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