Perk vs. Perv: What's the Difference?

To stick up or jut out

A pervert.

To carry oneself in a lively and jaunty manner.

(slang) A pervert.

To cause to stick up quickly

(slang) To stare at others in a perverted manner, especially whilst thinking sexual thoughts about them.

To percolate

Perky.

A perquisite.

(informal) Perquisite.

(video games) A bonus ability that a player character can acquire; a permanent power-up.

A percolator, particularly of coffee.

To make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker.

Of coffee: to be produced by heated water seeping (“percolating”) through coffee grounds.

(transitive) To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of.

(intransitive) To appear from below or behind something, emerge, pop up, poke out.

To exalt oneself; to bear oneself loftily.

(dated) To peer; to look inquisitively.

(obsolete) To perch.

(obsolete) Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.

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.

To exalt one's self; to bear one's self loftily.

To peer; to look inquisitively.

Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.

An incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right);

Gain or regain energy;