Frisk FRISK, v.i.
1. To leap; to skip; to spring suddenly one way and the other.
The fish fell a frisking in the net.
2. To dance, skip and gambol in frolic and gaiety.
The frisking satyrs on the summits danced.
In vain to frisk or climb he tries.
FRISK, a. Lively; brisk; blithe.
FRISK, n. A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety.

frisk n 1: the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; "he gave the suspect a quick frisk" [syn: frisk, frisking] v 1: play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" [syn: frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about] 2: search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets; "The police frisked everyone at the airport"

frisk I. verb Etymology: obsolete frisk lively Date: 1519 intransitive verb to leap, skip, or dance in a lively or playful way ; gambol transitive verb to search (a person) for something (as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets • frisker noun II. noun Date: 1525 1. a. archaic caper b. gambol, romp c. diversion 2. an act of frisking

frisk
v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. leap or skip playfully.
2 tr. sl. feel over or search (a person) for a weapon etc. (usu. rapidly).
--n.
1 a playful leap or skip.
2 sl. the frisking of a person.
Derivatives:
frisker n.
Etymology: obs. frisk (adj.) f. OF frisque lively, of unkn. orig.

frisk (frisks, frisking, frisked) If someone frisks you, they search you, usually with their hands in order to see if you are hiding a weapon or something else such as drugs in your clothes. Drago pushed him up against the wall and frisked him. = body-search VERB: V n

FRISK To dance the Paddington frisk; to be hanged.

Frisk \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 \Frisk\, a. A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap. --Johnson.

Frisk \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.

frisk v. n. Leap, skip, hop, jump, frolic, romp, gambol, dance.

frisk frɪsk v. 1 caper, gambol, cavort, frolic, skip, trip, romp, curvet, leap, dance, prance, play, rollick: She was frisking about like a lamb. 2 search, inspect, examine, check (out), go over: At the airport, we were frisked for weapons.

107 Moby Thesaurus words for "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

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