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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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perk up

US pronunciation

American soundperk up

perkup

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Clear final sound

perk - up -> perk up

Myanmar meaning

(phrv) ကပြန်လည်လန်းဆန်းရွှင်ပျလာသည်။ အသက်ဝင်လှုပ်ရှားလာသည်။ လန်းဆန်းစေသည်။ ပိုကြည့်ကောင်းစေသည်။

Full entry

perk¹ /pɜ:k/ n (infml )

(က) ပုံမှန်ဝင်ငွေအပြင် အလုပ်ရှင်က ပေးသော အခွင့်အရေး။ Perks offered by the firm include a car and free health insurance.
(ခ) ရာထူး၊ လုပ်ငန်းအရ ရရှိသော အကျိုးခံစားခွင့်။ She regards free stationery as one of the perks of the job. See also PERQUISITE

perk² /pɜ:k/ v

❏ perk up [PHRV ](infml ) (က) ပြန်လည် လန်းဆန်းရွှင်ပျလာသည်။ He felt depressed but soon perked up when his friends arrived.
(ခ) အသက်ဝင် လှုပ်ရှားလာသည်။ (fig ) Share prices perked up a little towards the end of the day's trading.
❏ perk sb/sth up [IDM ] (infml )
၁။ လန်းဆန်းစေသည်။ A cup of coffee will perk you up.
၂။ ပိုကြည့်ကောင်းစေသည်။ You need a bright red scarf to perk up that grey suit.
❏ perky adj (-ier, -iest ) (infml )
၁။ လန်းလန်းဆန်းဆန်းရှိ [သော]။ He's still in bed, but he seems quite perky.
၂။ လူပါးဝ [သော]။ a perky grin. perkiness n [U]

More examples

Free theatre tickets are one of the perks of this job.
At 15 I looked forward to the perks of adult life.

Synonyms

bonus, perquisite, plus side, benefit, advantage, extra, act, additional, be engaged in, build a fire under, carry through, carry to completion, carrying through, commove, commoving, deliver the goods, dividend, do a number, do a turn, do justice to, do one's thing, do to a turn, dynamize, filtrate, fire up, freebie, fringe benefit, fusser, get going, get in there, get one going, get one started, get started, get there, gingerbread, go for broke, go in for, go that route, go to town, going for broke, gratuity, gravy, in addition, in flames, in reserve, in store, incentive, innervate, innerve, innerving, jazzed, juiced, key up, keyed up, lagniappe, largess, make progress, making progress, on the side, one more, over and above, over-and-above, pass through, passing through, percolate, perform, plus, plus point, privilege, pro, produce, put through, run with ball, run with the ball, spiriting, steam up, steamed up, stimulate, stir up, stirred up, stirring up, sweetener, take care of business, take effect, take part, take steps, taking care of business, taking part, tip, tipper, transort, wake up, waking up

Antonyms

disadvantage, loss

Cross references

bonus perquisite plus side benefit advantage extra act additional be engaged in build a fire under carry through carry to completion carrying through commove commoving deliver the goods dividend do a number do a turn do justice to do one's thing do to a turn dynamize filtrate fire up freebie fringe benefit fusser

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