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Frisky vs Frisk - What's the difference?

frisky | frisk |

As adjectives the difference between frisky and frisk

is that frisky is playful; energetic; lively; enthusiastic while frisk is lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.

As a noun frisk is

a frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.

As a verb frisk is

to frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.

frisky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • playful; energetic; lively; enthusiastic
  • He had his hands full, with three frisky kittens in the house.
  • (informal) Sexually stimulated; horny
  • frisk

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.
  • (Bishop Hall)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.
  • To search somebody by feeling his or her body and clothing.
  • The police frisked the suspiciously-acting individual and found a knife as well as a bag of marijuana.

    Derived terms

    * stop-and-frisk

    Usage notes

    * The term frisk'' is slightly less formal than ''search .

    Anagrams

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