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unperk

unperk verb: to make (someone) less lively or enthusiastic.

Verb

unperk (third-person singular simple present unperks, present participle unperking, simple past and past participle unperked)

  1. (transitive) To make (someone) less lively or enthusiastic.
    • I told him I was going into Stokenchurch in his Ford whether he drove me or not. He perked up a bit at that, but I pretty soon unperked him, and at last we got going on the road to Stokenchurch.1926, Neville Shute, chapter 1, in Marazan, London: Cassell
  2. (intransitive) To become less lively or enthusiastic.
    • […] one single woman did perk up a bit, about there being a lot of single guys there, but then she unperked when she recalled that the cost of living is higher there.2005, Warren Farrell, Why Men Earn More, New York: Amacom, Introduction, page xvi

Forms of unperk

third-person singular presentunperks
present participleunperking
past participleunperked
pastunperked

Origin of unperk

From un- + perk.

Questions about unperk

What does unperk mean?
Unperk means to make (someone) less lively or enthusiastic.
What part of speech is unperk?
Unperk is a verb.
What is the past tense of unperk?
The past tense of unperk is unperked.

Words near unperk in the dictionary

  1. unperishably
  2. unperished
  3. unperishing
  4. unperiwigged
  5. unperjured
  6. unperk
  7. unperked
  8. unperking
  9. unperks
  10. unperky
  11. unpermanence

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