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Definition of Frisk

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

2. Verb. Play boisterously. "The toddlers romped in the playroom"

3. Verb. Search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets. "The police frisked everyone at the airport"

Definition of Frisk

1. a. Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.

2. a. A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.

3. v. i. To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety.

Definition of Frisk

1. Adjective. Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky. ¹

2. Noun. A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap. ¹

3. Verb. to frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap ¹

4. Verb. to search somebody by feeling their clothes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frisk

1. to move or leap about playfully [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frisk

frippers frippery frippet frippets frippish fris frisbees frise frisee frisees

frises frisette frisettes friseur friseurs frisk (current term) friska friskals friskas frisked

frisker friskers frisket friskets friskful friskier friskiest friskily friskiness friskinesses

Literary usage of Frisk

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

1. In the Child's World: Morning Talks and Stories for Kindergartens, Primary by Emilie Poulsson (1893)
"But frisk did not know the way back to his old home; for, when they sent him to ... So frisk was sad because he was tied by a chain, and because he did not ..."

2. The Nursery by Fanny P Seaverns, John L. Shorey (Firm (1867)
"Then the man thought he should find frisk at home ; but, when the man got home, no frisk was to be seen. The night came, and still no frisk was to be seen. ..."

3. Songs of the Temple: A New Collection of Hymn Tunes, Chants, Sentences by Benjamin Franklin Baker, J. F. Fargo (1868)
"t quiv'ring, quiv'ring beams, -*-*- We frisk it, frisk it, frisk it, frisk it near those crys - tal streams, frisk it, frisk it, ^ ££ quiv'ring, ..."

4. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1903)
"Round-limbed children, baby Pans, goats, rose- crowned loves frisk and gambol, quarrel and make up and are, for the most part, full of laughter and No. VI. ..."

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