Perk

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.

II. Perk ·vi To exalt one's self; to bear one's self loftily.

III. Perk ·vi To Peer; to look inquisitively.

IV. Perk ·vt To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to Erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of; as, to perk the ears; to perk up one's head.