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   Frisk

   /frisk/

   

   verb

   • 1. (of a police officer or other official) pass the hands over (someone) in a search for hidden weapons, drugs, or other items: "he raised his arms to permit the officer to frisk him" Similar searchbody-searchcheckinspectexamineinformal:give someone the once-overshake down
   • 2. (of an animal or person) skip or leap playfully; frolic: "this did not deter the foal from frisking about" Similar frolicgambolcavortcapercut caperssportscamperskipdanceromptrippranceleapspringhopjumpbouncebobrare:curvetrollickcapriole
   • ▪ (of an animal) move or wave (its tail or legs) playfully: "a horse was frisking his back legs like a colt"

   noun

   • 1. an act of frisking someone: "a frisk search"
   • 2. a playful skip or leap.

   Word Origin early 16th century (in frisk (sense 2 of the noun)): from obsolete frisk ‘lively, frisky’, from Old French frisque ‘alert, lively, merry’, perhaps of Germanic origin. frisk (sense 1 of the noun), originally a slang term, dates from the late 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. frisker noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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