Meaning of 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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| | 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 | |
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| 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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