Perked meaning : To make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker. Of coffee: to be produced by heated water seeping (“percolating”) through coffee grounds. To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of. To appear from below or behind something, emerge, pop up, poke out. To exalt oneself; to bear oneself loftily. To peer; to look inquisitively. To perch.