frisk

6 definitions found

frisk - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Frisk \Frisk\, a. [OF. frieque, cf. OHG. frise lively, brisk,
     fresh, Dan. & Sw. frisk, Icel. friskr. See Fresh, a.]
     Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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  Frisk \Frisk\, a.
     A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful
     skip or leap. --Johnson.
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  Frisk \Frisk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frisked; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Frisking.]
     To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety.
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           The frisking satyrs on the summits danced. --Addison.
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  frisk \frisk\ (fr[i^]sk), v. t.
     To search (a person) for concealed weapons or other objects,
     by patting the clothing to detect objects underneath; as, the
     police pulled the car over and frisked the occupants.
  
     Syn: frisk.
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frisk - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  frisk
      n 1: the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or
           illegal drugs; "he gave the suspect a quick frisk" [syn:
           frisk, frisking]
      v 1: play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden";
           "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped
           in the playroom" [syn: frolic, lark, rollick,
           skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk,
           romp, run around, lark about]
      2: search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly
         over the clothing and through the pockets; "The police
         frisked everyone at the airport"

frisk - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  107 Moby Thesaurus words for "frisk":
     amble, antic, beat the bushes, bob, bounce, burrow, canter, caper,
     capriole, caracole, carol, carry on, cavort, check out, chirp,
     chirrup, clap hands, curvet, cut a dido, cut capers, cut up, dance,
     delight, delve, dido, dig, disport, domiciliary visit, dragnet,
     examine, exploration, explore, exult, falcade, fan, flounce,
     fool around, forage, frolic, gallop, gambade, gambado, gambol,
     glory, go on horseback, go over, go through, hack, horse around,
     house-search, hunt, hunting, inspect, joy, jubilate, jump about,
     leap, lilt, look around, look round, look through, lope, mount,
     nose around, pace, perquisition, piaffe, play, poke, poke around,
     posse, prance, probe, pry, quest, ramp, ransacking, rejoice,
     research, revel, ride bareback, ride hard, rollick, romp, root,
     rummage, search, search party, search through, search warrant,
     search-and-destroy operation, searching, shake down, sing, skip,
     skip for joy, smell around, sport, stalk, stalking, still hunt,
     take horse, tittup, trip, trot, turning over, whistle