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 Definitions of frisk  [ɪsk]  

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Definition of 'frisk' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) frisk
to dance, leap, skip, or gambol; frolic:
The dogs and children frisked about on the lawn.

2. (v.t.) frisk
to search (a person) for concealed weapons, contraband goods, etc., by feeling the person's clothing.

3. (n.) frisk
a leap, skip, or caper.

4.  frisk
a frolic or gambol.

5.  frisk
the act of frisking a person.

Etymology:  (1425–75; late ME, as adj. < MF frisque)

Definition of 'frisk' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) frisk, frisking
the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
"he gave the suspect a quick frisk"

2. (verb) frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
play boisterously
"The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"

3. (verb) 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"


Definition of 'frisk' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) frisk
lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky

2. (adj) frisk
a frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap

3. (verb) frisk
to leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety


Translation of 'frisk' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to jump about playfully
The lambs are frisking in the fields.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: spring Arabic flag Arabic: يَقْفِزُ فَرَحا Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: подскачам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: saltar Czech flag Czech: poskakovat, skotačit German flag German: hüpfen
Danish flag Danish: boltre sig; løbe omkring Greek flag Greek: χοροπηδώ Spanish flag Spanish: brincar
Estonian flag Estonian: karglema Farsi flag Farsi: جست و خیز کردن Finnish flag Finnish: hypähdellä
French flag French: folâtrer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְכַרכֵּר Hindi flag Hindi: किसी व्यक्ति के कपड़ों पर
Croatian flag Croatian: bezbrižno skakutati Hungarian flag Hungarian: ugrándozik Indonesian flag Indonesian: melompat-lompat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hoppa og skoppa,ærslast Italian flag Italian: saltellare Japanese flag Japanese: はね回る
Korean flag Korean: 깡충깡충 뛰다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: šokinėti, šėlioti Latvian flag Latvian: lēkāt; draiskoties
Malay flag Malay: melompat-lompat Dutch flag Dutch: dartelen Norwegian flag Norwegian: boltre seg, springe/løpe
Polish flag Polish: brykać Persian flag Persian: جست و خیز کردن Pashto flag Pashto: پورته كښته غورځېدل، تلاښ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: saltar Romanian flag Romanian: a zburda Russian flag Russian: резвиться
Slovak flag Slovak: šantiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: veselo poskakovati Serbian flag Serbian: skakutati
Swedish flag Swedish: skutta [omkring] Thai flag Thai: กระโดดโลดเต้นอย่างลิงโลด Turkish flag Turkish: sıçrayıp oynamak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 蹦蹦跳跳 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пустувати, стрибати Urdu flag Urdu: اچھل کود کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nhảy cỡn; nô đùa Chinese flag Chinese: 活蹦乱跳

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