perking

English

Verb

perking

1. present participle and gerund of perk

Noun

perking (plural perkings)

1. The act of something being perked.
   • 1912, Basil King, The Street Called Straight:

     When seated the Marquise accompanied her words with little jerkings and perkings of her fluffy head, with wavings of the hands and rollings of the eyes — the corelatives of her dartings and dashings while on her feet.