 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
frisk
noun: the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or
illegal drugs [syn: {frisking}]
verb
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}, {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"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Frisk \Frisk\, adjective [OF. frieque, cf. OHG. frise lively, brisk,
fresh, Dan. & Sw. frisk, Icel. friskr. See {Fresh}, adjective]
Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Frisk \Frisk\, adjective
A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful
skip or leap. --Johnson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Frisk \Frisk\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Frisked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Frisking}.]
To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety.
The frisking satyrs on the summits danced. --Addison.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
frisk \frisk\ (fr[i^]sk), verb (used with an object)
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.
[WordNet 1.5]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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