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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FRISK, v.i.
1. To leap; to skip; to spring suddenly one way and the other.
The fish fell a frisking in the net.
2. To dance, skip and gambol in frolic and gaiety.
The frisking satyrs on the summits danced.
In vain to frisk or climb he tries.
FRISK, a. Lively; brisk; blithe.
FRISK, n. A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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"

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: obsolete frisk lively Date: 1519 intransitive verb to leap, skip, or dance in a lively or playful way ; gambol transitive verb to search (a person) for something (as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets • frisker noun II. noun Date: 1525 1. a. archaic caper b. gambol, romp c. diversion 2. an act of frisking

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 intr. leap or skip playfully. 2 tr. sl. feel over or search (a person) for a weapon etc. (usu. rapidly). --n. 1 a playful leap or skip. 2 sl. the frisking of a person. Derivatives: frisker n. Etymology: obs. frisk (adj.) f. OF frisque lively, of unkn. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Frisk Frisk, a. A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap. --Johnson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Frisk Frisk, v. i. [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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(frisks, frisking, frisked) If someone frisks you, they search you, usually with their hands in order to see if you are hiding a weapon or something else such as drugs in your clothes. Drago pushed him up against the wall and frisked him. = body-search VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. Leap, skip, hop, jump, frolic, romp, gambol, dance.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To dance the Paddington frisk; to be hanged.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Used by thieves to signify searching a person whom they have robbed. Blast his eyes! frisk him.

Moby Thesaurus

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