perkingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈpəːkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpərkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perk v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < perk v.² + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier perking adj.

The action of perk v.² (in various senses); erectness; a lively, jaunty, or flirtatious bearing; proud or conceited behaviour.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [noun]

spritec1540

forwardnessa1616

perkinga1624

petulcity1628

perknessa1640

furthinessa1658

outbearing1740

self-assertion1805

bumptiousness1834

cockiness1841

perkiness1847

self-assertiveness1855

coxiness1859

forthputting1861

assertiveness1881

pushingness1881

aggression1889

pushfulness1897

pushiness1898

chestiness1909

attitude1975

a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm., 1 Pet. v. 6 (1632) 169 The kingdome of God is neither sitting, nor standing, nor perking, nor stouping.

1790 J. Williams Postscript to New Bath Guide 47 The Misses, tho' dumb, seem'd to threaten Decorum—Such simp'ring, such perking, such airs they had got.

1826 G. Daniel Disagreeable Surprise i. iii. 24 They gadded together to concerts and balls..With their perking, smirking, Winking and blinking.

1875 Harper's Mag. Sept. 589 She need not have pranced and ambled as she did before that mirror, with..bridlings and mincings, perkings of chin and droopings of eyelids.

1932 Times 26 Oct. 15/6 New hat succeeds new hat, and a great deal of interest is taken in the business of making, pulling, patting, perking, and adapting them to heads.

1999 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 19 Dec. i. 1/4 The effect on the students was palpable: a perking of the ears at the invention, a straightening of the posture as the image resonated.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† perkingn.²

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perk n.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < perk n.¹ (compare perk n.¹ 4a) + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier perching n.² 1, and later perk v.¹ 2.

Irish English. Obsolete.

Close examination of cloth; = perching n.² 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > examining cloth for faults

perking1785

1785 Earl of Sheffield Observ. Manuf. Ireland 179 The goods are paid for in money or bills, after having undergone a close inspection (called perking) by hanging them up against the light.

1798 T. Wallace Ess. Manuf. Ireland 175 The examination which the goods undergo, is called perking, and consists in viewing the piece in every part, when hung up before the light.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

perkingn.³

Brit.

/ˈpəːkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpərkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perk v.³, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < perk v.³ + -ing suffix¹.

Percolation of coffee; the action of percolating coffee.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [noun] > preparation of coffee

perking1934

1934 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 7 Dec. 27/1 (advt.) This extra perking is worth the trouble because it develops the coffee's fullest, richest flavour.

1952 G. W. Brace Spire (1953) xx. 202 I always perked the stuff... We thought the perking was as good as magic.

2003 Gazette (Montreal) 27 Feb. f15 For a real treat, add a sprinkling of ground cardamon [sic] to your coffee granules before perking.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

perkingadj.

Brit.

/ˈpəːkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpərkɪŋ/

Forms: 1500s– perking, 1600s pearking, 1600s pirking.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perk v.², -ing suffix².

Etymology: < perk v.² + -ing suffix². Compare slightly earlier perk adj., perching adj.¹, and slightly later perched adj.¹

Now rare.

†a. Insolent, arrogant, conceited. Cf. perk v.² 1a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adjective]

crousea1400

crank1499

cockish1551

forward1561

forthyc1565

forthputting?1577

perching1579

perk1579

perking?1584

officious1596

pratchant1596

putting-forth1621

obtrusive1652

petulcous1661

pushing1682

coxy1728

cocky1768

bumptious1801

furthy1808

upsetting1817

perky1820

self-asserting1821

protrusive1841

self-assertive1849

aggressive1855

self-assertory1867

perkisha1870

pushful1871

pushy1874

forritsome1894

chesty1900

?1584 Def. Mynisters Kent in A. Peel Seconde Parte Reg. (1915) I. 239 Old popish beldames and yong perking papists.

1602 W. Basse Sword & Buckler sig. Biij^v The pearking Citizen and minsing Dame of any paltrie beggerd Market toune.

1690 W. Mountford Successfull Straingers i. ii. 4 She may be Stole in the mumbling of a Pater-Noster, or the humming of an Amen; there are perking, prinking, Dancing Finicall Rogues a purpose for such business.

1766 E. Lloyd Methodist 36 One of the Magi of the East, A little perking, puppet-Priest, Has got the Harlequino-way, His Patients Heav'nward to convey.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 239 Mr. Beck..was a little, insignificant, perking..man.

1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table vi. 182 The shabby, perking pretension belonging to certain social layers.

b. Jaunty, lively, assertive; inquisitive; anxious. In later use: recovering, becoming stronger. Cf. perk v.² 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active

sprindeOE

whata1000

braga1350

prestc1390

yarea1400

stirringc1400

startingc1440

actious1441

actuala1470

activea1522

queemc1540

skeetc1540

lively1567

alive-like1582

pragmatical1590

spruce1590

agilious1599

brisk1599

sprightly?c1599

brisky1600

alives-like1601

alacrious1602

smart1602

eyebright1603

whisking1611

deedy1615

vibrant1616

sprunt1631

perking1653

alert1654

exilient1654

alacrative1657

eveillé1676

budge1691

jaunty1705

spry1746

sprack1747

alive1748

high-geared1795

rash1805

spicy1828

live1830

deedful1834

yary1855

sprucy1858

alacritous1859

sprackish1882

brash1884

up-and-coming1889

up and doing1901

loose1907

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed1936

buzzy1978

1653 N. Hookes Amanda 65 Chirping pin-feather'd, pirking Cherubs sit.

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 306 A pretty perking air, which is infinitely nymphish and smart.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 35 He is a tall, thin, bony man, with an interrogative nose, and little restless perking eyes.

a1851 D. M. Moir May-day iii The perking squirrel's small nose you see From the fungous nook of its own beech-tree.

1950 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 7 Dec. 20/3 Peter Slobodian's puckmen..take on Joe Fisher's perking pack in the Hat.

1990 Newsweek (Nexis) 8 Jan. 54 The normally slow healing process was delayed even further by the more than 40 aftershocks... ‘It kept people perking, hypervigilant, overanxious,’ says Paul Bellina, who heads an emergency counseling program.

2002 Consumer's Res. Mag. 1 July 34 The combination of a perking economy and a falling stock market doesn't usually happen.

2. Jutting out, projecting. Cf. perk v.² 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective]

steepc1000

tooting?c1225

strutting1387

prominent?1440

extant1540

eminent?1541

pouting1563

poking1566

out1576

egregious1578

promontory1579

out-pointed1585

buttinga1593

outjetting1598

perking1598

jettying1609

juttying1609

out-jutting1611

outstanding1611

upsticking1611

out-shooting1622

jutting1624

outgrowing1625

rank1625

toting1645

projectinga1652

porrected1653

protruded1654

protruding1654

upcast1658

protending1659

jettinga1661

raised1663

starting1680

emersed1686

exerted1697

projective1703

jet-out1709

exorbitant1715

sticking1715

foreright1736

poky1754

perked-up1779

salient1789

prouda1800

overdriven1812

extrusive1816

stand-up1818

shouldering1824

jutty1827

outflung1830

sticky-out1839

sticking-up1852

outreaching1853

protrusive1858

out-thrusting1869

stickout1884

protrudent1891

1598 T. Tyro Roring Megge sig. B2 Tyros round breeches haue a cliffe behinde: And that same perking Longitude before which for a pin-case antique plowmen wore.

1853 Putnam's Monthly Mag. July 8 It loomed gracefully against the summer sky, in contrast with the hard angles and perking chimneys that clustered about it.

1913 W. D. Howells Familiar Spanish Trav. 49 There was no sign of fashion among the ladies of Burgos,..not a glowering or a perking hat.

Derivatives

ˈperkingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adverb]

crousea1525

forwardly1552

cockishly1570

officiously1598

cockingly?1734

protrusively1833

perkingly1841

self-assertingly1841

perkily1843

bumptiously1844

cockily1855

chestily1908

with (an) attitude1975

1841 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 8 618 He drew up his head perkingly.

2003 www.delhibird.org 14 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) We spent a bit of time on our Rufous-tailed Shrikes and reckon now we have both arenarius and isabellinus there (one of the latter ringed by Bala in early Sept is still perkingly present).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

n.¹a1624

n.²1785

n.³1934

adj.?1584

单词	perking
释义	perkingn.¹ Brit. /ˈpəːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpərkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perk v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < perk v.² + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier perking adj. The action of perk v.² (in various senses); erectness; a lively, jaunty, or flirtatious bearing; proud or conceited behaviour. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [noun] spritec1540 forwardnessa1616 perkinga1624 petulcity1628 perknessa1640 furthinessa1658 outbearing1740 self-assertion1805 bumptiousness1834 cockiness1841 perkiness1847 self-assertiveness1855 coxiness1859 forthputting1861 assertiveness1881 pushingness1881 aggression1889 pushfulness1897 pushiness1898 chestiness1909 attitude1975 a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm., 1 Pet. v. 6 (1632) 169 The kingdome of God is neither sitting, nor standing, nor perking, nor stouping. 1790 J. Williams Postscript to New Bath Guide 47 The Misses, tho' dumb, seem'd to threaten Decorum—Such simp'ring, such perking, such airs they had got. 1826 G. Daniel Disagreeable Surprise i. iii. 24 They gadded together to concerts and balls..With their perking, smirking, Winking and blinking. 1875 Harper's Mag. Sept. 589 She need not have pranced and ambled as she did before that mirror, with..bridlings and mincings, perkings of chin and droopings of eyelids. 1932 Times 26 Oct. 15/6 New hat succeeds new hat, and a great deal of interest is taken in the business of making, pulling, patting, perking, and adapting them to heads. 1999 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 19 Dec. i. 1/4 The effect on the students was palpable: a perking of the ears at the invention, a straightening of the posture as the image resonated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † perkingn.² Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perk n.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < perk n.¹ (compare perk n.¹ 4a) + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier perching n.² 1, and later perk v.¹ 2. Irish English. Obsolete. Close examination of cloth; = perching n.² 1. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > examining cloth for faults perking1785 1785 Earl of Sheffield Observ. Manuf. Ireland 179 The goods are paid for in money or bills, after having undergone a close inspection (called perking) by hanging them up against the light. 1798 T. Wallace Ess. Manuf. Ireland 175 The examination which the goods undergo, is called perking, and consists in viewing the piece in every part, when hung up before the light. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018). perkingn.³ Brit. /ˈpəːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpərkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perk v.³, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < perk v.³ + -ing suffix¹. Percolation of coffee; the action of percolating coffee. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [noun] > preparation of coffee perking1934 1934 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 7 Dec. 27/1 (advt.) This extra perking is worth the trouble because it develops the coffee's fullest, richest flavour. 1952 G. W. Brace Spire (1953) xx. 202 I always perked the stuff... We thought the perking was as good as magic. 2003 Gazette (Montreal) 27 Feb. f15 For a real treat, add a sprinkling of ground cardamon [sic] to your coffee granules before perking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). perkingadj. Brit. /ˈpəːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpərkɪŋ/ Forms: 1500s– perking, 1600s pearking, 1600s pirking. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perk v.², -ing suffix². Etymology: < perk v.² + -ing suffix². Compare slightly earlier perk adj., perching adj.¹, and slightly later perched adj.¹ Now rare. 1. †a. Insolent, arrogant, conceited. Cf. perk v.² 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adjective] crousea1400 crank1499 cockish1551 forward1561 forthyc1565 forthputting?1577 perching1579 perk1579 perking?1584 officious1596 pratchant1596 putting-forth1621 obtrusive1652 petulcous1661 pushing1682 coxy1728 cocky1768 bumptious1801 furthy1808 upsetting1817 perky1820 self-asserting1821 protrusive1841 self-assertive1849 aggressive1855 self-assertory1867 perkisha1870 pushful1871 pushy1874 forritsome1894 chesty1900 ?1584 Def. Mynisters Kent in A. Peel Seconde Parte Reg. (1915) I. 239 Old popish beldames and yong perking papists. 1602 W. Basse Sword & Buckler sig. Biij^v The pearking Citizen and minsing Dame of any paltrie beggerd Market toune. 1690 W. Mountford Successfull Straingers i. ii. 4 She may be Stole in the mumbling of a Pater-Noster, or the humming of an Amen; there are perking, prinking, Dancing Finicall Rogues a purpose for such business. 1766 E. Lloyd Methodist 36 One of the Magi of the East, A little perking, puppet-Priest, Has got the Harlequino-way, His Patients Heav'nward to convey. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 239 Mr. Beck..was a little, insignificant, perking..man. 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table vi. 182 The shabby, perking pretension belonging to certain social layers. b. Jaunty, lively, assertive; inquisitive; anxious. In later use: recovering, becoming stronger. Cf. perk v.² 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active sprindeOE whata1000 braga1350 prestc1390 yarea1400 stirringc1400 startingc1440 actious1441 actuala1470 activea1522 queemc1540 skeetc1540 lively1567 alive-like1582 pragmatical1590 spruce1590 agilious1599 brisk1599 sprightly?c1599 brisky1600 alives-like1601 alacrious1602 smart1602 eyebright1603 whisking1611 deedy1615 vibrant1616 sprunt1631 perking1653 alert1654 exilient1654 alacrative1657 eveillé1676 budge1691 jaunty1705 spry1746 sprack1747 alive1748 high-geared1795 rash1805 spicy1828 live1830 deedful1834 yary1855 sprucy1858 alacritous1859 sprackish1882 brash1884 up-and-coming1889 up and doing1901 loose1907 bright-eyed and bushy-tailed1936 buzzy1978 1653 N. Hookes Amanda 65 Chirping pin-feather'd, pirking Cherubs sit. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 306 A pretty perking air, which is infinitely nymphish and smart. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 35 He is a tall, thin, bony man, with an interrogative nose, and little restless perking eyes. a1851 D. M. Moir May-day iii The perking squirrel's small nose you see From the fungous nook of its own beech-tree. 1950 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 7 Dec. 20/3 Peter Slobodian's puckmen..take on Joe Fisher's perking pack in the Hat. 1990 Newsweek (Nexis) 8 Jan. 54 The normally slow healing process was delayed even further by the more than 40 aftershocks... ‘It kept people perking, hypervigilant, overanxious,’ says Paul Bellina, who heads an emergency counseling program. 2002 Consumer's Res. Mag. 1 July 34 The combination of a perking economy and a falling stock market doesn't usually happen. 2. Jutting out, projecting. Cf. perk v.² 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective] steepc1000 tooting?c1225 strutting1387 prominent?1440 extant1540 eminent?1541 pouting1563 poking1566 out1576 egregious1578 promontory1579 out-pointed1585 buttinga1593 outjetting1598 perking1598 jettying1609 juttying1609 out-jutting1611 outstanding1611 upsticking1611 out-shooting1622 jutting1624 outgrowing1625 rank1625 toting1645 projectinga1652 porrected1653 protruded1654 protruding1654 upcast1658 protending1659 jettinga1661 raised1663 starting1680 emersed1686 exerted1697 projective1703 jet-out1709 exorbitant1715 sticking1715 foreright1736 poky1754 perked-up1779 salient1789 prouda1800 overdriven1812 extrusive1816 stand-up1818 shouldering1824 jutty1827 outflung1830 sticky-out1839 sticking-up1852 outreaching1853 protrusive1858 out-thrusting1869 stickout1884 protrudent1891 1598 T. Tyro Roring Megge sig. B2 Tyros round breeches haue a cliffe behinde: And that same perking Longitude before which for a pin-case antique plowmen wore. 1853 Putnam's Monthly Mag. July 8 It loomed gracefully against the summer sky, in contrast with the hard angles and perking chimneys that clustered about it. 1913 W. D. Howells Familiar Spanish Trav. 49 There was no sign of fashion among the ladies of Burgos,..not a glowering or a perking hat. Derivatives ˈperkingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adverb] crousea1525 forwardly1552 cockishly1570 officiously1598 cockingly?1734 protrusively1833 perkingly1841 self-assertingly1841 perkily1843 bumptiously1844 cockily1855 chestily1908 with (an) attitude1975 1841 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 8 618 He drew up his head perkingly. 2003 www.delhibird.org 14 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) We spent a bit of time on our Rufous-tailed Shrikes and reckon now we have both arenarius and isabellinus there (one of the latter ringed by Bala in early Sept is still perkingly present). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹a1624n.²1785n.³1934adj.?1584
随便看	to fence the tables to fence with to fend and prove to fend back to fend for to fend for oneself to feoff one person to the use of to feoff to the use of to fere to god to ferret about to ferret out to ferret up and down to fester into to fet again to fet in to fet off to fetch a fetch to fetch a frisk to fetch a person over the hips to fetch a way about to fetch a windlass to fetch about to fetch about a compass to fetch again to fetch and carry

perkingn.1

† perkingn.2

perkingn.3

perkingadj.

Derivatives

perkingn.¹

† perkingn.²

perkingn.³