Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense frisks, present participle frisking, past tense, past participle frisked
verb
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. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: search, check, inspect, run over More Synonyms of frisk
More Synonyms of frisk
frisk in British English
(frɪsk)
verb
1. (intransitive)
to leap, move about, or act in a playful manner; frolic
2. (transitive)
(esp of animals) to whisk or wave briskly
the dog frisked its tail
3. (transitive)
a.
to search (someone) by feeling for concealed weapons, etc
b.
to rob by searching in this way
noun
4.
a playful antic or movement; frolic
5.
the act or an instance of frisking a person
Derived forms
frisker (ˈfrisker)
noun
friskingly (ˈfriskingly)
adverb
Word origin
C16: from Old French frisque, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German frisc lively, fresh
frisk in American English
(frɪsk)
adjective
1. Obsolete
lively; frisky
noun
2.
a lively, playful movement; frolic; gambol
3. Slang
the act of frisking a person
verb transitive
4.
to move in a playful, lively manner
the puppy frisked its tail
5. Slang
to search quickly; esp., to search (a person) as for concealed weapons or stolen articles by passing the hands quickly over the person's clothing
verb intransitive
6.
to dance or move about in a playful, lively manner; frolic
Word origin
ME < OFr frisque < OHG frisc, new, cheerful, lively: see fresh1
Examples of 'frisk' in a sentence
frisk
They never found anything, so they'd frisk Gilles and do the vehicles.
Dexter Petley WHITE LIES (2003)
They both beat a burglary charge a year and a half ago, a judge ruled there wasn't probable cause to justify a frisk.
Lawrence Block WHEN THE SACRED GINMILL CLOSES (2003)
1 (verb)
Definition
to search (someone) by feeling for concealed weapons, etc.
(informal)
He pushed him against the wall and frisked him.
Synonyms
search
Armed troops searched the hospital yesterday.
check
Check the accuracy of every detail in your CV.
Get a mechanic to check the car out for you before you buy it.
inspect
Each hotel is inspected once a year.
run over
shake down (US, slang)
body-search
2 (verb)
Definition
to leap, move about, or act in a playful manner
creatures that grunted and frisked about
Synonyms
frolic
Tourists sunbathe and frolic in the ocean.
play
The children played in the garden.
sport
dance
He danced off down the road.
trip
They tripped along without a care in the world.
jump
stamping their boots and jumping up and down to knock the snow off
bounce
Moira bounced into the office.
hop
I hopped down three steps.
skip
She was skipping along the pavement.
romp
Dogs romped happily in the garden.
caper
The children were capering about, shouting and laughing.
prance
The cheerleaders pranced on the far side of the pitch.
cavort
children cavorting on the sand
gambol
children gambolling in the fields
rollick
curvet
Additional synonyms
in the sense of bounce
Definition
to move or cause to move suddenly
Moira bounced into the office.
Synonyms
bound,
spring,
jump,
leap,
skip,
caper,
prance,
gambol,
jounce
in the sense of caper
Definition
to skip about light-heartedly
The children were capering about, shouting and laughing.
Synonyms
dance,
trip,
spring,
jump,
bound,
leap,
bounce,
hop,
skip,
romp,
frolic,
cavort,
frisk,
gambol
in the sense of cavort
Definition
to skip about
children cavorting on the sand
Synonyms
frolic,
sport,
romp,
caper,
prance,
frisk,
gambol,
caracole
Nearby words of
frisk
fringe benefit
fringed
frippery
frisk
frisky
fritter
frivolous
Synonyms of 'frisk'
frisk
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of skip
Definition
to move lightly by hopping from one foot to the other
She was skipping along the pavement.
Synonyms
hop,
dance,
bob,
trip,
bounce,
caper,
prance,
cavort,
frisk,
gambol
in the sense of trip
Definition
to walk lightly and quickly, with a dancelike motion