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perk one's ears

perk one's ears is the alternative form of perk up one's ears.

Meaning of perk up one's ears

Verb

perk up one's ears (third-person singular simple present perks up one's ears, present participle perking up one's ears, simple past and past participle perked up one's ears)

  1. Synonym of prick up one's ears.

Forms of perk one's ears

third-person singular presentperks one's ears
present participleperking one's ears
past participleperked one's ears
pastperked one's ears

Questions about perk one's ears

What is perk one's ears the alternative form of?
Perk one's ears is the alternative form of perk up one's ears.

Words near perk one's ears in the dictionary

  1. perjuror
  2. perjurors
  3. perjurous
  4. perjury
  5. perk
  6. perk one's ears
  7. perk up
  8. perk up one's ears
  9. Perkasie
  10. perked
  11. perked one's ears

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