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