friskin

"Thin ye'll have till come up this way nixt spring time, whin they do be friskin 'around like young lambs," the woodsman told him.

The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats George A. Warren

You see the Guzzuh got to friskin 'round the turns on her hind feet.

Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909

Yer could trust Mary anywhar; nuvr cotch 'er in dem playhouses ner friskin' in dem dances; she wan 'no street-walk'r trapsin' roun 'at night.

John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher William Eldridge 1908

Anyway, it was a case where the Runyon people had hogged the waterfront and was friskin 'us for tonnage charges on every steamer we loaded.

The House of Torchy Sewell Ford 1907

"Why, them ducks to be sure, see how they come sailin 'up to us, as if they knowed all about the captin's order -- no jumpin' or friskin 'now, but all of a heap like."

Hardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago. a tale of Indian warfare John Richardson 1824

She's not right, which even you and me can agree on, and low as we'll be I'd like to know if she starts friskin 'around. "

The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980