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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024frisk /frɪsk/USA pronunciation v. - to dance, leap, skip, or frolic:[no object]The children frisked about.
- [~ + object] to search (a person) for concealed weapons, illegal possessions, etc.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024frisk (frisk),USA pronunciation v.i. - to dance, leap, skip, or gambol;
frolic:The dogs and children frisked about on the lawn.
v.t. - to search (a person) for concealed weapons, contraband goods, etc., by feeling the person's clothing:The police frisked both of the suspects.
n. - a leap, skip, or caper.
- a frolic or gambol.
- the act of frisking a person.
- Middle Dutch frisc fresh
- Middle French (Flanders) frisque
- Gmc (compare Middle Dutch vrec, Old High German freh avaricious, Middle High German vrech brave, German frech insolent); or
- Middle French frisque, perh. a spelling, spelled variant (with mute s) of fri(c)que lively, smart
- late Middle English, as adjective, adjectival 1425–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: frisk /frɪsk/ vb - (intransitive) to leap, move about, or act in a playful manner; frolic
- (transitive) (esp of animals) to whisk or wave briskly: the dog frisked its tail
- (transitive) to search (someone) by feeling for concealed weapons, etc
n - a playful antic or movement; frolic
- the act or an instance of frisking a person
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French frisque, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German frisc lively, freshˈfrisker n |