Definition of frisks Frisks
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What does frisks mean?
Part of speech
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NounPlural: frisks |
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| frisk - the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; "he gave the suspect a quick frisk" | ||
| frisking | ||
| hunting, search, hunt an investigation seeking answers; "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"; "the outcome justified the search" | ||
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| frisk - search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets; "The police frisked everyone at the airport" | ||
| search try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" | ||
| frisk - play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" | ||
| frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, romp, run around, lark about | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- frisk (a.)
Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky. - frisk (a.)
A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap. - frisk (v. i.)
To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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frisk
frisk, v.i. to gambol: to leap playfully.—n. a frolic.—n. Frisk′er.—adj. Frisk′ful, brisk, lively.—adv. Frisk′ily.—n. Frisk′iness.—adj. Frisk′ing.—adv. Frisk′ingly.—adj. Frisk′y, lively: jumping with gaiety: frolicsome. [O. Fr. frisque; acc. to Skeat, from Ice. frÃskr, Sw. and Dan. frisk.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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frisk
To dance the Paddington frisk; to be hanged.
