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[ fris-kee ] / ˈfrɪs ki / SEE SYNONYMS FOR frisky ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, frisk·i·er, frisk·i·est.lively; frolicsome; playful. Origin of friskyFirst recorded in 1515–25; frisk + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM friskyfrisk·i·ly, adverbfrisk·i·ness, nounun·frisk·y, adjectiveWords nearby friskyFrisian, Frisian carving, Frisian Islands, frisk, frisket, frisky, frisson, frit, frites, frit fly, frith Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for friskyThe Frisky took the bait, writing that “If famous works of art had been created today, they might have a whole different look.” Botticelli's Venus Gets Photoshop Treatment|Lizzie Crocker|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST So to recap: You know those two lions that were frisky enough to have lion sex and give birth to lions? At the Copenhagen Zoo, Humans Can Be Animals|Kevin Bleyer|March 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Obama himself touts “the Swedish model,” which sounds like a frisky playmate for the Stimulus Package. The Naked Truth|Tina Brown|February 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST Growin' plants, and frisky animals, and young folks in love. The Faith Healer|William Vaughn Moody
He is the most frisky, diverting, and altogether impish of all our wild creatures. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers|John Burroughs I could not understand what it was at first; but pretty soon I saw it was Frisky up in one of the trees on our place. The Nursery, August 1881, Vol. XXX|Various But there were a few of the forest-people with whom Frisky never was able to make friends. The Tale of Frisky Squirrel|Arthur Scott Bailey The very floor trembled and shook, and Frisky expected that in another instant the roof would come crashing down on him. The Tale of Frisky Squirrel|Arthur Scott Bailey
British Dictionary definitions for frisky
adjective friskier or friskiestlively, high-spirited, or playful Derived forms of friskyfriskily, adverbfriskiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to friskyplayful, jumpy, lively, active, antic, bouncy, dashing, frolicsome, full of beans, high-spirited, kittenish, peppy, rollicking, spirited, sportive, wicked, zippy, coltish, gamesome, larkish |