The meaning of PERKY is alert and full of vigor; especially : cheerfully energetic. How to use perky in a sentence.

Feeling pleasure and happiness (Definition of perky from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

PERKY definition: jaunty; cheerful; brisk; pert. See examples of perky used in a sentence.

There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective perky. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in midlands English regional …

Definition of perky adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. Buoyant and self-confident; briskly cheerful. 2. Jaunty and appealing; sprightly: a perky tune. 3. Small or firm and well-formed: "her perky, shapely little body" (Joyce Carol Oates).

If you are a perky person, you are upbeat, lively and positive. A perky friend would be the one who's always up for games and activities and constantly declaring, "Hey guys, this is fun!"

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If someone is perky, they are cheerful and lively. He wasn't quite as perky as normal.

He hasn't been his perky self lately. She drove around in a perky little car.