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Frisk   /frɪsk/   Listen
Frisk

verb
(past & past part. frisked; pres. part. frisking)
1.
Play boisterously.  Synonyms: cavort, disport, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport.  "The gamboling lambs in the meadows" , "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
2.
Search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets.
noun
1.
The act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs.  Synonym: frisking.



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"Frisk" Quotes from Famous Books



... now risen so high that Miss Grey felt this would really be the best plan, for attention to lessons seemed impossible, and soon the four children were rushing helter-skelter across the garden in pursuit of Antony. With a frisk of his tail and a squeak of defiance he led the chase in fine style, choosing Andrew's most cherished borders. What a refreshment it was, after the tedium of French verbs and English history, and what a pity when Antony, after a brave resistance, ...
— The Hawthorns - A Story about Children • Amy Walton

... exclaimed, "What can that mare want? I am sure that there is something the matter." Captain I—on hearing this hurried out to ascertain the state of the case. No sooner did the mare see him than she began to frisk about and exhibit the most lively satisfaction; but instead of stopping to receive the accustomed caress, off she set again of her own accord towards the paddock, looking back to ascertain whether her master was following. His friend now joined him, and the mare, finding that they were keeping ...
— The Junior Classics Volume 8 - Animal and Nature Stories • Selected and arranged by William Patten

... indulgently, "You'll never grow up, Grace, and I'm glad of it. I can't become reconciled to the fact that Nora and Jessica are brides-to-be and that Anne's art is making her terribly serious. It's a joy to my old age to see you frisk about as happily as you did when you were a little thing in short white skirts with two long braids of fair ...
— Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus • Jessie Graham Flower

... cat was placed in Scylla's poor little arms, where he purred contentedly, and the dog chased sticks thrown by whoever could find any to throw. After Gitter had been led away, Martha came up from the stables with her two horses—Texas and Dan. Big black Dan was inclined to frisk a bit and jump about at the unusual scene; but little Texas worked his way right into Scylla's heart by marching steadily and straight up to her, despite Martha's laughing pulls on the lariat looped about his neck. With ears ...
— Southern Stories - Retold from St. Nicholas • Various

... may frisk it o'er the Plain, And the staunch Hound long trace her Steps in vain, Swiftly she flies, then stops, turns back and views, } Doubles, and quats, and her lost Strength renews, } But tho' unseen, he still the Scent persues, } 'Till breathless to a fatal ...
— The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) • Thomas Baker


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