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frisky

adj.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈfɹɪski// UK //fɹˈɪski// frisky Informal

adj. full of energy and ready to play or have fun. You use this to describe someone who is very active and excited, especially a child or a young animal.

adj. characterised by a high level of energy, playfulness, or sexual excitement.


SIMPLE

The children were so frisky after their long nap.

CONTEXTUAL

After a week of heavy rain, the puppies were unusually frisky and kept running through the garden.

COMPLEX

The young actor was famously frisky during the opening night, constantly making jokes with the audience and forgetting his lines in the process.

Synonyms
Origin

From frisk + -y.

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