About The Word Frisk
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Frisk
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What's The Definition Of Frisk?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Frisk: cavort | disport | frisking | frolic | gambol | lark | lark about | rollick | romp | run around | skylark | sport Related Terms | Find terms related to Frisk: 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 See Also | hunt | hunting | play | search | search | strip search Frisk In Webster's Dictionary \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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