Meaning of FRISK
| Pronunciation: | | frisk
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- [n] the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
- [v] search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets; "The police frisked everyone at the airport"
- [v] play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the palyroom"
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FRISK is a 5 letter word that starts with F. |
| | Synonyms: | | cavort, disport, frisking, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport |
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| | See Also: | | hunt, hunting, play, search, search, strip search | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Frisk\, a. [OF. frieque, cf. OHG. frise lively, brisk,
fresh, Dan. & Sw. frisk, Icel. friskr. See {Fresh}, a.]
Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
\Frisk\, a.
A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful
skip or leap. --Johnson.
\Frisk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Frisked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Frisking}.]
To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety.
The frisking satyrs on the summits danced. --Addison.
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| | Related Terms: | | amble, antic, beat the bushes, bob, bounce, burrow, canter, caper, capriole, caracole, carol, carry on, cavort, check out, chirp, chirrup, clap hands, curvet, cut a dido, cut capers, cut up, dance, delight, delve, dido, dig, disport, domiciliary visit, dragnet, examine, exploration, explore, exult, falcade, fan, flounce, fool around, forage, frolic, gallop, gambade, gambado, gambol, glory, go on horseback, go over, go through, hack, horse around, house-search, hunt, hunting, inspect, joy, jubilate, jump about, leap, lilt, look around, look round, look through, lope, mount, nose around, pace, perquisition, piaffe, play, poke, poke around, posse, prance, probe, pry, quest, ramp, ransacking, rejoice, research, revel, ride bareback, ride hard, rollick, romp, root, rummage, search, search party, search through, search warrant, search-and-destroy operation, searching, shake down, sing, skip, skip for joy, smell around, sport, stalk, stalking, still hunt, take horse, tittup, trip, trot, turning over, whistle |
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