perk

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To stick up or jut out: dogs' ears that perk.
2. v. To carry oneself in a lively and jaunty manner.
3. v. To cause to stick up quickly: The dog perked its ears at the noise.
4. adj. Perky.
5. perk up To regain or cause to regain one's good spirits or liveliness.
6. perk up To refresh the appearance of: New furniture and paint perked up the room.
7. n. Informal A perquisite: "Temper tantrums over perks are more common than the American taxpayer might like to believe” ( Maureen Dowd).
8. v. Informal To percolate: The coffee was perking on the stove.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A horizontal pole or bar serving as a support for various purposes, as a perch for birds or as the ridge-pole of a tent, or used for the hanging of yarns, skins, etc., to dry, or against which sawn timber may be stacked while seasoning, etc.
2. An obsolete form of perch.
3. Neat; trim; smart; hence, pert; airy; jaunty; proud.
4. To toss or jerk the head with affected smartness; be jaunty or pert: sometimes with an impersonal it.
5. To hold up smartly; prick up.
6. To dress; make spruce or smart; smarten; prank.
7. To peer; look narrowly or sharply.
8. To examine thoroughly.
9. n. An obsolete or dialectal (Scotch) form of park.

Wiktionary

1. n. Perquisite.
2. v. Shortened form of percolate.
3. n. A percolator, particularly of coffee.
4. v. To become more lively or enthusiastic.
5. v. dated To peer; to look inquisitively.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of
2. v. To exalt one's self; to bear one's self loftily.
3. adj. Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.
4. v. To peer; to look inquisitively.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
2. v. gain or regain energy