unperk
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]unperk (third-person singular simple present unperks, present participle unperking, simple past and past participle unperked)
- (transitive) To make (someone) less lively or enthusiastic.
- 1926, Neville Shute, chapter 1, in Marazan[1], London: Cassell:
- 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.
- (intransitive) To become less lively or enthusiastic.
- 2005, Warren Farrell, Why Men Earn More[2], New York: Amacom, Introduction, page xvi:
- […] 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.