friskn.
/frɪsk/, U.S. /frɪsk/ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > art of horse-riding > a brisk or lively movement
frisk1525
society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > movement > specific movements
gambol1509
gamond?a1513
frisco?1520
brawl1521
frisk1525
friscal1570
goat's jump1589
caper1592
capriole1596
capering1598
amble1607
friscado1634
rising1694
sink1706
moulinet1785
ballon1828
toeing1871
bump1931
heel turn1933
partnering1939
grind1946
shake1946
thigh lift1949
cambré1952
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > capering > a caper
gambol1509
gamond?a1513
frisco?1520
frisk1525
friscal1570
caprettie?1578
career1587
stotc1590
lavoltaa1592
caper1592
gambado1618
prance1648
capriccio1665
gambade1803
caper-cut1875
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. lxxviii. [lxxiv.] 234 Eche of them [knyghtes] a good dystaunce fro other made theyr tournes and fryskes fresshly.
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1078/1 He leapt, and set a fryske or twayn, as menne commonly do in daunsing.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. x. sig. K4v Then doe the saluage beasts begin to play Their pleasant friskes . View more context for this quotation
1610 S. Rid Martin Mark-all 36 Diuers..can now for ioy..fetch friskes about the house.
1640 J. Shirley Arcadia iii. i The new frisk we danced at Enispe to-day.
1696 J. Aubrey Misc. (1721) 79 When he had done his Message he gave a Frisk.
1780 W. Cowper Table Talk 237 Give him [the Frenchman] his lass, his fiddle and his frisk.
1842 C. Whitehead Richard Savage (1845) I. vii. 89 He favoured me with a frisk as I left him at his own door.
2. transferred and figurative. A brisk sportive movement; a frolic; also, a freak, whim. †frisk of nature = freak of nature at freak n.1 4b.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > chance or fortuitous circumstance
hazard1340
accidencea1393
a venture's strokec1450
chance1487
contingent1548
circumstance1599
lotterya1616
accidency1645
by-accident1648
frisk1665
accidentala1834
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness > a caprice or whim
fantasya1450
wantonness1531
humour1533
worm?a1534
will1542
toy?1545
whey-worm1548
wild worm1548
freak1563
crotchet1573
fancy1579
whim-wham1580
whirligig1589
caper1592
megrim1593
spleen1594
kicksey-winsey1599
fegary1600
humorousness1604
curiosity1605
conundrum1607
whimsy1607
windmill1612
buzza1616
capriccioa1616
quirka1616
flama1625
maggota1625
fantasticality1631
capruch1634
gimcrack1639
whimseycado1654
caprich1656
excursion1662
frisk1665
caprice1673
fita1680
grub1681
fantasque1697
whim1697
frolic1711
flight1717
whigmaleery1730
vagary1753
maddock1787
kink1803
fizgig1824
fad1834
whimmery1837
fantod1839
brain crack1853
whimsy-whamsy1871
tic1896
tick1900
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > condition of being abnormal or unnatural > that which is
monsterc1384
prodigy1595
aberration1615
unnatural1627
preternatural1674
nonsuch?1706
frisk of nature1809
freak of nature1847
preternaturalism1858
hodmandod1881
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 186 If they do by a frisk get below that superficies, they presently ascend again.
a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) 187 New objects..excite the spirits into a pleasant frisk of motion.
1752 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1848) 80/1 I'll have a frisk with you.
1801 J. Foster Let. 18 Mar. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 133 The frisks of a company of summer flies.
1809 Ann. Reg. 754* There is scarcely a nobleman..who is not possessed of one or more of these frisks of nature.
1819 W. Scott Let. 17 Apr. (1933) V. 359 I wish you would all take a frisk down here this summer.
1825 W. Scott Jrnl. 22 Dec. (1939) 53 Can't said [sic] what made me take a frisk so uncommon of late years, as to write verses of freewill.
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xx. 197 When you and I had the frisk down in Lincolnshire.
1889 H. F. Wood Englishman Rue Caïn iv The married frumps come over for a frisk.
Draft additions 1993
3. A rapid search for concealed weapons, stolen goods, etc., esp. one conducted by running the hand hastily over a person's clothing. slang (chiefly U.S.).
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > searching a person or his clothes
frisk1789
frisking1913
pat-down1964
spin1970
1789 G. Parker Life's Painter xiv. 134 Putting a lap-feeder in our sack, that you or your blowen had prig'd yourselves, though we should stand the frisk for it.
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. Frisk, to search; to frisk a cly is to empty a pocket of its contents; to stand frisk is to stand search.
1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 35 Frisk,..a search;..an examination of the contents of one's pockets, of a room, [etc.].
1926 Flynn's 16 Jan. 638/2 When th' frisk is made you gotta put up a squawk that makes th' gumshoe sick.
1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh i. 73 So I steered him into a side street where it was dark and propped him against a wall and gave him a frisk.
1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 24 July 4/5 In Clark, we emphasized that the frisk in Bell had been justified only by the peculiar circumstances in that case.
1981 J. May Many-colored Land ii. i. 118 The leather sheath was empty. Had his introductory ‘vacuum cleaning’ been a frisk with a metal detector?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
† friskadj.
Obsolete.
a. Full of life and spirit; brisk, lively, frisky.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively, vivacious, or animated
jollyc1325
lightsomea1382
kedgec1440
fledge?1461
crank1499
frisky?a1500
sprightya1522
frisk1528
sprightful1550
quick-spirited1552
cranking1567
lively1567
quick-sprighted1579
aleger1590
bright-eyed1590
firking1594
sprightly1594
spirituous1601
great-stomached1607
spirity1615
spiritous1628
lifesomec1635
vivacious1645
rattlingc1650
quick-set1653
airy1654
animated1660
sparklinga1704
bob1721
vivace1721
animate1801
high-lifed1859
sassy1859
chippy1865
sparky1883
high-keyed1893
high life1903
peppy1914
pepful1915
jazzy1917
upbeat1947
zappy1969
sparkly1979
the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective]
jollyc1325
kedgec1440
fledge?1461
frisky?a1500
sprightya1522
frisk1528
sprightful1550
quick-spirited1552
lively1567
quick-sprighted1579
alive-like1582
aleger1590
firking1594
sprightly1594
sportive1595
mettled1599
alives-like1601
spirited1601
spirituous1601
mettle1606
great-stomached1607
free-spirited1613
spirity1615
spiritous1628
vivacious1645
rattlingc1650
sportful1650
airy1654
animated1660
racy1671
mettlesome1673
sparklinga1704
raffing?1719
bob1721
vivace1721
alive1748
lifey1793
spunky1831
gilpie1835
bubbling1860
chippy1865
bubblesome1879
colourful1882
sparky1883
bubbly1912
jazzy1917
spritzy1973
sparkly1979
kicking1983
1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. H b Wyne muste be friske & sprynkelynge.
c1540 A. Borde Bk. for to Lerne B ij b The Est wynde is temperat fryske and fragrant.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. sig. N5v Thou seest, how friske, and iolly now he is.
1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. vi. i. 95 Fayne would she seeme all frixe and frolicke still.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Asne Asses discharged of their burthens, vnsadled, and set at libertie, are the friskest creatures aliue.
b. Of a horse's tail: Constantly in motion; jerky. Cf. flisk adj., flicky adj.1, fliggy adj., fletch adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of tail > of tail of
frisk1694
1694 London Gaz. No. 3017/4 A brown bay Mare with a..frisk Tail.
1705 London Gaz. No. 4148/4 A black Gelding..with a long frisk Tail.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
friskv.
/frɪsk/, U.S. /frɪsk/ 1. intransitive. Of living beings: To move briskly and sportively; to dance, frolic, gambol, jig. Also with about, away, in and out, off, and to frisk it.
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society > leisure > dancing > style or manner of dancing > [verb (intransitive)]
frisk?1520
hobble1535
caper1598
to cut a caper or capersa1616
to dance Barnaby1664
to dance low1667
jig1672
to fike and flinga1689
shuffle1819
slow-step1909
dingolay1935
touch-dance1972
headbang1977
to funk out1979
to strut one's funky stuff1979
krump2004
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > caper
leapc900
playOE
floxec1200
startlec1300
trancec1374
prancec1380
tripc1386
scoupa1400
prankc1450
gambol1508
frisk?1520
jeta1529
pract1568
trounce1568
trip1578
capriole1580
lavolta1590
linch1593
curvet1595
flisk1595
firk1596
caper1598
jaunce1599
risec1599
cabre1600
jaunt1605
skit1611
to cut a caper or capersa1616
tripudiate1623
insult1652
to fike and flinga1689
scamper1691
dance1712
pranklea1717
cavort1794
jinket1823
gambado1827
caracol1861
?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Evjv And I can fryske it freshly.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 14 Nymphs a thowsand do frisk with Princelye Diana.
1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 56 Sholes of fish frisking and playing hard vnder the wals of the citie.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 69 We were as twyn'd Lambs, that did frisk i' th' Sun. View more context for this quotation
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 2 He [the Flea]..will frisk and curvet so nimbly.
1679 E. Brown Let. to Blythe in 2nd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1874) App. 114/2 The gallants are frisquing and making merry in Hyde Park.
c1704 M. Prior Simile 14 Those merry blades, That frisk it under Pindus' shades.
1730 H. Fielding Temple Beau i. i. 3 For your Heart is like a Coffee-House, where the Beaus frisk in and out, one after another.
1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 14 The gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore.
1786 R. Burns Poems 73 Cold-pausing Caution's lesson scorning, We frisk away.
1821 J. W. Croker Diary 8 June To-day he has frisked off to Windsor.
1891 S. Smiles Publisher & Friends II. xxv. 177 He..rejoiced at seeing the children frisking about in the happiness of youth.
2. transitive.
a. To move (up, out, about, etc.) in a sportive or lively manner.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > move lightly or briskly > make light movement with
frisk1665
flirta1706
flack1751
flicker1843
flick1844
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > waste
spilla1000
scatter1154
aspilla1250
rospa1325
waste1340
spend1390
consumec1425
waste1474
miswenda1500
forsumea1510
to cast away1530
to throw away1561
embezzle1578
squander1593
palter1595
profuse1611
squander1611
ravel1614
sport1622
to fool away1628
to stream out1628
to fribble away1633
sweal1655
frisk1665
to fiddle away1667
wantonize1673
slattera1681
swattle1681
drivel1686
swatter1690
to muddle away1707
squander1717
sot1746
slattern1747
meisle1808
fritter1820
waster1821
slobber1837
to cut to waste1863
fringe1863
potter1883
putter1911
profligate1938
to piddle away1942
haemorrhage1978
spaff2002
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 187 It would by frisking out of its tail..sink itself below the surface.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xvii. 140 A pair of Yarn Windles, which she..veered, and frisked about.
1862 R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 109 The tail is frisked up into the air in the liveliest manner possible.
b. to frisk away: to squander on freaks or caprices.
ΚΠ
?16.. A Cap, etc. To frisk away much of thy time and estate.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > make cheerful [verb (transitive)] > make cheerful and lively
alacriate1560
enlivea1617
enliven1701
frisk1802
liven1821
pearten1851
effervesce1866
to liven up1873
to hot up1929
goose1970
to funk up1972
to funk out1995
1802 Fenton Wks. 63 I look'd for sparkling lines, and something gay To frisk my fancy with.
4. slang.
a. To search (a person or place); esp. to run the hand rapidly over (a person or his clothing), in a search for a concealed weapon, stolen goods, etc.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] > search (a person)
ransacka1325
search1474
frisk1789
to rub down1825
grope1837
to run the rule over1865
fan1927
to pat down1943
screen1951
1789 G. Parker Life's Painter xv. 179 They frisk him, that is, search him.
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 175 Frisk, to search; to frisk a cly is to empty a pocket of its contents; to stand frisk is to stand search.
1920 I. E. Ostrander How many Cards? 65 When you frisk this man Hill at Headquarters, if you find a pair of gloves on him keep them aside till I get there.
1929 C. E. Merriam Chicago 289 To take the police away from the task of frisking hip pockets and inspecting refrigerators.
1930 E. V. Knox in Punch 26 Feb. 236 His arm was twisted during the course of the interview, and his person was frisked on the chance of finding a gun.
1937 ‘N. Blake’ There's Trouble Brewing iii. 52 ‘Frisk him, Sergeant.’..The cleaner had to submit to a thorough examination of his pockets and person.
1940 R. Stout Over my Dead Body xiii. 173 The place has been frisked by someone in a hurry.
1955 Times 25 June 6/4 At a local exhibition several similar discs were handed to members of the public to hide in their clothing before being ‘frisked’ with a geiger counter.
1959 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death takes Wife xv. 198 Put down money for a joint you didn't frisk in advance.
1970 New Statesman 23 Oct. 520/2 Showing his teeth in a vicious snarl as they frisk him and open his jacket to feel under his arm.
b. To hoax.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > trick, hoax [verb (transitive)]
jape1362
bejape1377
play1562
jugglea1592
dally1595
trick1595
bore1602
jadea1616
to fool off1631
top1663
whiska1669
hocus1675
to put a sham upon1677
sham1677
fun?1685
to put upon ——1687
rig1732
humbug1750
hum1751
to run a rig1764
hocus-pocus1774
cram1794
hoax1796
kid1811
string1819
to play off1821
skylark1823
frisk1825
stuff1844
lark1848
kiddy1851
soap1857
to play it (on)1864
spoof1889
to slip (something) over (on)1912
cod1941
to pull a person's chain1975
game1996
1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 150 Has Tom been frisking you already with some of his jokes?
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