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perking up one's ears

perking up one's ears is the present participle and gerund 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 perking up one's ears

What is perking up one's ears the present participle and gerund of?
Perking up one's ears is the present participle and gerund of perk up one's ears.

Words near perking up one's ears in the dictionary

  1. perkiness
  2. perkinesses
  3. perking
  4. perking one's ears
  5. perking up
  6. perking up one's ears
  7. perkings
  8. Perkinism
  9. Perkins
  10. Perkins County
  11. Perkinsian

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