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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Energetic, lively, and playful: a frisky kitten.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Gaily active; lively; frolicsome; engaging or done in sport.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. playful; energetic; lively; enthusiastic
  2. adj. Sexually stimulated; horny

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Inclined to frisk; frolicsome; gay.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. playful like a lively kitten

Examples

  • “If you're feelin 'frisky, consider St.L. over Seattle.”

    Football query (Jack Bog's Blog)

  • “Fu#k! last chance veer into wind-take aim make sure and steady as a rock. kaboom! pellets frisking wing of feathers flitting down in frisky wing. shake of tail and hardly glimmer at the pest down on the earth, flies that dabnaggin dead bird!”

    Uncategorized Blog Posts

  • “To say I'm slightly frisky is also an understatement.”

    Archive 2007-10-01

  • “When the weather's good and I'm feelin 'frisky, I ride my bike all over it.”

    March 14th, 2005

  • “He's described as a frisky, healthy, normal, rambunctious puppy.”

    CNN Transcript Aug 3, 2005

  • “This lady was one of those modern inventions known as a frisky matron, and said and did all manner of dreadful things, which people winked at because — she was Mrs Meddlechip, and eccentric.”

    Madame Midas

  • “This lady was one of those modern inventions known as a frisky matron, and said and did all manner of dreadful things, which people winked at because -- she was Mrs Meddlechip, and eccentric.”

    Madame Midas

  • “Though he cannot be called a frisky animal, he certainly does not deserve the name given to him, as, when he chooses, he can move, as I now had proof, at a great rate.”

    Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas

  • “Not happy news, but probably not a total surprise either, and it makes her kind of frisky once she gets over it.”

    Matt's TV Week in Review: Premiere Week Edition

  • “Rapper T.I. got in some serious trouble with prison officials this weekend -- after guards caught the most famous inmate in Arkansas getting "frisky" with his wife during visiting hours ...”

    The Huffington Post: T.I. Punished For Wife's 'Frisky' Prison Visit

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  • strev How unscrupulous border guards act Oct 2, 2010

‘frisky’ has been looked up 1559 times, loved by 1 person, added to 24 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 16.