The term perpetual motion, taken literally, refers to movement

that goes on forever. However, the term more commonly refers to

any device or system that perpetually (indefinitely) produces
more energy than it consumes, resulting in a net output of energy
for indefinite time. The law of conservation of energy, which
states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, implies that
such a perpetual motion machine cannot exist.
The most commonly contemplated type of perpetual motion
machine is a mechanical system which (supposedly) sustains
motion indefinitely, despite losing energy to friction and air
resistance. A second type of impossible "perpetual motion
machine" is one which does not violate conservation of energy,
but produces work by spontaneously extracting heat from its
surroundings, thereby cooling them down, and converting the
heat energy into mechanical work. Such machines are forbidden
by the second law of thermodynamics.
A perpetual motion machine of the first kind produces energy
from nothing, giving the user unlimited 'free' energy. It thus
violates the law of conservation of energy.
A perpetual motion machine of the second kind is a machine
which spontaneously converts thermal energy into mechanical
work. When the thermal energy is equivalent to the work done,
this does not violate the law of conservation of energy