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perked up one's ears

perked up one's ears is the simple past and past participle 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.

Questions about perked up one's ears

What is perked up one's ears the simple past and past participle of?
Perked up one's ears is the simple past and past participle of perk up one's ears.

Words near perked up one's ears in the dictionary

  1. Perkasie
  2. perked
  3. perked one's ears
  4. perked out
  5. perked up
  6. perked up one's ears
  7. perkedel
  8. perken
  9. perkened
  10. perkening
  11. perkens

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