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frisky

[fris-kee] / ˈfrɪs ki /


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The characters’ interplay with the audience becomes a prominent feature of the show, with the actors often calling out for a response or engaging in frisky, friendly exchanges.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

High-end and low-end customers alike adored his frisky, unpredictable spirit — both on and off the runway.

From Salon Mar. 27, 2026

The S&P 500 is up a frisky 15% so far this year.

From Barron's Oct. 10, 2025

He also developed a substantial practice overseas, especially in China, where he designed buildings that managed to be both gargantuan and frisky.

From BBC Sep. 29, 2025

He had spent most of the day ambling around and sleeping, so that by now he seemed almost frisky and quite eager to walk a little.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford

Lucy Dacus, “Best Guess” The unhurried tempo makes it only friskier.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2025

In June, Simon will release his thirteenth solo album, “Stranger to Stranger,” which is friskier and funnier than its recent predecessors—his most danceable music in decades.

From The New Yorker May 9, 2016

Yet if Osborne seems already to have decided what the commission's conclusions should be, its members have looked friskier.

From The Guardian May 22, 2013

I’ve nicknamed the friskier of the two cats Five Points.

From New York Times Sep. 28, 2010

In friskier moods, she performed lazy pirouettes, as though to the accompaniment of my own music box, which I always brought to the roof to keep me company.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Netflix promises the documentary will feature the cats' "finest and friskiest moments," so ailurophiles — you're in for a treat.

From Salon Jun. 5, 2021

These are the ones families often pick from a litter because they stand out as the brightest and friskiest.

From National Geographic Jan. 6, 2021

The same goes for the servant twins, with Carson Elrod getting some of Shakespeare’s friskiest wordplay as Dromio of Syracuse, while Carter Gill absorbs a lot of blows from his masters as Dromio of Ephesus.

From Washington Post Oct. 2, 2018

Among the friskiest selections are “Arboretum,” by Tony Williams, and “Zoot Suite,” by Jack DeJohnette; among the more plaintive are Ed Blackwell’s “Togo” and Paul Motian’s “It Should’ve Happened a Long Time Ago.”

From New York Times Aug. 13, 2010

"And I'll tell you how this same lady induced me to put on those foolish togs and hire the friskiest horse at Clayton's," further volunteered Shirley.

From Jane Allen, Junior by Bancroft, Edith




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