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perk up one's ears

perk up one's ears verb: synonym of prick 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.

Synonyms of perk up one's ears

Forms of perk up one's ears

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

Questions about perk up one's ears

What does perk up one's ears mean?
Perk up one's ears means synonym of prick up one's ears.
What part of speech is perk up one's ears?
Perk up one's ears is a verb.
What is the past tense of perk up one's ears?
The past tense of perk up one's ears is perked up one's ears.

Words near perk up one's ears in the dictionary

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

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