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1
given to good-natured joking or teasing
- a frisky kid who keeps the class in stitches with his jokes
Synonyms for frisky
- antic,
- coltish,
- elfish,
- fay,
- frolicsome,
- larky,
- playful,
- rollicking,
- sportful,
- sportive
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2
having much high-spirited energy and movement
- the frisky colt didn't like to be kept in his stall
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“Frisky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frisky. Accessed 11 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of frisky was circa 1500
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