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1Perky, Florida — Perky is a ghost town in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is located in the lower Florida Keys on Lower Sugarloaf Key near mile marker 17 on US 1 (the Overseas Highway).It is the site of the historic Sugarloaf Key bat tower built by… …
2Perky — may refer to:*Henry Perky (1843 1906), American lawyer, businessman *Kirtland I. Perky (1867 1939), American politician *Pinky and Perky, British children s television series …
3Perky — Perk y, a. Perk; pert; jaunty; trim. [1913 Webster] There amid perky larches and pines. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] …
4perky — 1820, from PERK (Cf. perk) (v.) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Of young women s breasts since at least 1937 …
5perky — [adj] animated, happy active, alert, aware, bouncy, bright, bright eyed and bushy tailed*, brisk, bubbly, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, gay, in fine fettle*, jaunty, lively, spirited, sprightly, sunny, vivacious; concepts 401,404 Ant. depressed,… …
6perky — ► ADJECTIVE (perkier, perkiest) 1) cheerful and lively. 2) cheeky. DERIVATIVES perkily adverb perkiness noun …
7perky — [pʉr′kē] adj. perkier, perkiest [ PERK1 + Y2] 1. self confident; aggressive 2. sprightly or lively; saucy; jaunty perkily adv. perkiness n …
8Perky — Kirtland I. Perky Kirtland Irving Perky (* 8. Februar 1867 in Smithville, Wayne County, Ohio; † 9. Januar 1939 in Los Angeles) war ein US amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker (Demokratische Partei), der den Bundesstaat …
9Perky phenomenon — Also known as Perky effect. Both eponyms refer to the American psychologist Cheves West Perky (1874 1940). They refer to the phenomenon of mistaking a sensory percept for a product of the imagination. The phenomenon was first reported by Perky …
10perky — [[t]pɜ͟ː(r)ki[/t]] perkier, perkiest ADJ GRADED If someone is perky, they are cheerful and lively. He wasn t quite as perky as normal... She had a perky, independent spirit …
