[ad_1] verb (used without object)
- to dance, leap, skip, or gambol; frolic: The dogs and children frisked about on the lawn.
verb (used with object)
- to search (a person) for concealed weapons, contraband goods, etc., by feeling the person’s clothing: The police frisked both of the suspects.
noun
- a leap, skip, or caper.
- a frolic or gambol.
- the act of frisking a person.
verb
- (intr) to leap, move about, or act in a playful manner; frolic
- (tr) (esp of animals) to whisk or wave brisklythe dog frisked its tail
- (tr)
- to search (someone) by feeling for concealed weapons, etc
- to rob by searching in this way
noun
- a playful antic or movement; frolic
- the act or an instance of frisking a person
1510s, “to dance, frolic,” from Middle English frisk “lively” (mid-15c.), from Middle French frisque “lively, brisk,” from Old French frisque “fresh, new; merry, animated” (13c.), possibly from a Germanic source (cf. Middle Dutch vrisch “fresh,” Old High German frisc “lively;” see fresh (adj.1)). Sense of “pat down in a search” first recorded 1781. Related: Frisked; frisking. As a noun from 1520s.