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单词 frisking
释义

frisk

1 of 2

verb

ˈfrisk How to pronounce frisk (audio)
frisked; frisking; frisks

transitive verb

: to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets

intransitive verb

: to leap, skip, or dance in a lively or playful way : gambol
frisker noun

frisk

2 of 2

noun

1
: an act of frisking
2
a
: gambol, romp
b
: diversion
c
archaic : caper entry 1 sense 3

Synonyms

Verb

  • caper
  • cavort
  • disport
  • frolic
  • gambol
  • lark
  • rollick
  • romp
  • sport

Noun

  • binge
  • fling
  • frolic
  • gambol
  • idyll
  • idyl
  • lark
  • ploy
  • revel
  • rollick
  • romp
  • spree
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Example Sentences

Verb carefree kids laughing and frisking about in their backyard Noun fondly remembers the summer before he started college as one long frisk
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
The municipality designated the area as a security-risk region, giving police the authority to frisk people preventively. Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 3 Jan. 2022 Officers began to pat-frisk the four males surrounding the vehicle, and uncovered a handgun in the waistband of 22-year-old Sekou Sesay of Dorchester, police said. BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2021 On Monday, Sheneen McClain cried reading the independent investigative report that said Colorado police officers involved in her son's death did not have the legal basis to stop, frisk or restrain him. Chris Boyette, CNN, 23 Feb. 2021 Next, the three officers decided to frisk McClain for weapons, which is legally allowed only where there is a belief that safety is in danger, the report states. Chris Boyette, CNN, 23 Feb. 2021 The investigative panel found that the officers had no probable cause to detain and frisk him. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 22 Feb. 2021 Mere lawful detention alone does not bestow the authority to frisk an individual. Arkansas Online, 5 Dec. 2020 Stop and frisk: a legitimate law enforcement tool or an inappropriate use of police power? Arkansas Online, 5 Dec. 2020 One officer approached the boy and asked for his age, and then proceeded to frisk the boy's upper body and waist, the report states. Eric Levenson, CNN, 8 June 2020
Noun
In July, after two police officers were shot at a Fourth of July celebration, some City Council leaders even suggested returning to a police tactic that many people had come to see as the shame of an earlier era: stop-and-frisk. Campbell Robertson, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022 Now, the Police Department could be forced to adopt changes supervised by a federal monitor, an expensive and time-consuming practice that already governs its political surveillance and stop-and-frisk practices. New York Times, 28 July 2022 Whenever police find contraband during an unjustified frisk, any criminal prosecution that might follow could be jeopardized. Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2022 Black men were terrorized with, according to The Washington Post, more than 150 stop-and-frisk searches per day, public strip searches, and no-knock intrusions into homes. BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2022 Stop-and-frisk was used to similar effect in poor and minority neighborhoods. Sarah A. Seo, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2022 While there have been some successes, the approach has often bred resentment, as methods like stop-and-frisk policing generated antagonism between the police and the communities they were meant to help. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 29 Mar. 2022 The video footage of Gray’s arrest was a gruesome display of stop-and-frisk brutality. Andre Henry, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2022 For example, Mac compared the slave patrol’s ability to confront formally enslaved Black people to the stop-and-frisk policies still used in many states. NBC News, 4 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

obsolete frisk lively

First Known Use

Verb

1519, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Noun

1525, in the meaning defined at sense 2c

Kids Definition

frisk

verb

ˈfrisk How to pronounce frisk (audio)
frisked; frisking
1
: to move around in a lively or playful way
2
: to search a person quickly for something that may be hidden

Legal Definition

frisk

transitive verb

: to run the hand rapidly over the outer clothing of (a suspect) for the purpose of finding concealed weapons compare search

Note: The purpose of frisking a suspect is to insure the safety of an officer making an investigation against concealed weapons, not to uncover evidence. The officer must be justified in his or her encounter of the suspect and must have a reasonable suspicion that the suspect is armed. The scope of the frisk must be limited to the discovery of weapons.

frisking

verb

present participle of frisk
as in dancing
to play and run about happily carefree kids laughing and frisking about in their backyard

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • dancing
  • hopping
  • capering
  • gamboling
  • leaping
  • skipping
  • cavorting
  • romping
  • frolicking
  • gambolling
  • larking
  • sporting
  • prancing
  • rollicking
  • reveling
  • tumbling
  • disporting
  • bounding
  • loping
  • cutting capers
  • revelling
  • tripping
  • springing
  • carousing
  • roistering
  • curvetting
  • kicking up one's heels
  • skylarking
  • clowning
  • curveting
  • roughhousing
  • joyriding
  • horsing around
  • kiting
  • fooling around
  • cutting up
  • carrying on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • pouting
  • moping
  • stewing
  • sulking
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