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Examples of frisky in a Sentence
The kids were frisky after all that candy.
a frisky kid who keeps the class in stitches with his jokes
Recent Examples of frisky from the Web
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THE FRISKY TEAMS INDIANA 2016-17 record: 42-40 (first round playoffs).
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Bundick, with her frisky bar-top dancing and legs the color of sliced cantaloupe — her commitment to tanning is impressive — is one of the great femmes fatales in recent American crime stories.
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The frisky, 467 horsepower RC F, which debuted in 2015, continues to sell briskly to the cognoscenti who want performance as well as comfort.
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Contestants regularly get frisky in the open and have sex in bedrooms without doors — though the footage rarely shows anything too raunchy.
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Have the Dinobots been getting frisky with each other?
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But Currington’s raspy vocals match Twain’s sexiness perfectly, making for quite the frisky party anthem (for two). 5.
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Beck and his colleagues discovered that Northern Pacifics in Washington congregate at communal sites to shed their skins — perhaps because that’s when females get frisky and males want to be nearby.
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The former Disney Channel star, 19, is back to canoodling with Sulkin after returning from the Cannes Film Festival, where the actress got frisky with Scott Disick.
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First Known Use of frisky
circa 1500
frisky Synonyms
Synonyms
antic, coltish, elfish, fay, playful, frolicsome, larky, rollicking, sportful, sportiveAntonyms
earnest, serious-minded, sober, sobersidedRelated Words
coy, kittenish; gay, happy, lighthearted, whimsical; energetic, frolic, jocund, lively, merry, spirited, sprightly, spunky, vivacious; devilish, impish, knavish, mischievous, pixie (also pixy), rascally, roguish; amusing, diverting, enjoyable, entertaining, fun, pleasurable; dabbling, frivolous, goofy, silly, trifling; delightful, pleasant, pleasing; jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, prankish, teasingNear Antonyms
dutiful, responsible; grave, grim, serious, solemn, somber (or sombre), stern, stolid; no-nonsense, priggish, starchy, stuffy; decorous, formal, proper, sedate, staid; guarded, inhibited, restrainedFRISKY Defined for English Language Learners
frisky
play
adjective
Definition of frisky for English Language Learners
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: very playful or lively
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: sexually playful or excited
FRISKY Defined for Kids
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