Definition of Frisking

1. Noun. The act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs. "He gave the suspect a quick frisk"

Exact synonyms: Frisk
Generic synonyms: Hunt, Hunting, Search
Specialized synonyms: Strip Search
Derivative terms: Frisk, Frisk

Definition of Frisking

1. Verb. (present participle of frisk) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frisking

1. frisk [v] - See also: frisk

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frisking

frisk
friska
friskals
friskas
frisked
frisker
friskers
frisket
friskets
friskful
friskier
friskiest
friskily
friskiness
friskinesses
frisking (current term)
friskingly
friskings
frisks
frislet
frislets
frisson
frissons
frist
fristed
fristing
frists
frisure
frisures

Literary usage of Frisking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1851)
"... Tom Chipperfield, and pretty lisping Ned, That doted on a maid of gingerbread. The flying pilcher, and the frisking dace, With all the rabble of Tim ..."

2. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1843)
"... whose frisking« had so much offended the dignity of king Charles. It was in company with this lady that queen Henrietta sat in but cabinet at Whitehall, ..."

3. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"But being soon knocked up with her galloping and frisking, she remembered all at once that her sire was but an Ass. THE LAUB AND THE WOLF. ..."

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