frisk
verb (used without object)
to dance, leap, skip, or gambol; frolic.
had frisked
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past perfectof frisk.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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For the last hour or so he had been joyfully awaiting this sweet moment, for this he had laughed, for this he had frisked about so uproariously.
From The Day of Wrath by R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain
The little black dog had frisked down to meet him, and the gray cat rubbed her head against his leg.
From Chronicles of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
They had frisked a bit, maybe, the way horses will—at one o' them autos that squirted by, and he had quieted 'em down—but there wa'n't nobody....
From Mr. Achilles by Jennette Lee
The kitten had frisked into the room; it was playing with a cork under the sofa, and Ellen laughed aloud as she saw it turn round, and over and over.
From Forgotten Tales of Long Ago by F. D. Bedford
The sprightly little holiday fairy that had frisked and gambolled so kindly beside us for eight days of sunshine—or rain which was as cheerful as sunshine—gave a parting piteous look, and whisked away and vanished.
From Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray
