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frisk

noun

1 frisk

The act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs:
— He gave the suspect a quick frisk.

synonym: frisking.

Dutch: fouillering

verb

1 frisk

Play boisterously.

synonyms: cavort, disport, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark ... show more.

Roget 840: amuse, entertain, divert, enliven; tickle the fancy; titillate, raise a smile, put in good humor; cause laughter, create laughter, occasion laughter, raise laughter, excite laughter, produce laughter, ... show more

Roget 836: be cheerful etc. adj.; have the mind at ease, smile, put a good face upon, keep up one's spirits; view the bright side of the picture, view things en couleur de rose [Fr.]; ridentem dicere virum [Lat.], cheer up, brighten up, light up, bear up; ... show more

Roget 266: travel, journey, course; take a journey, go a journey; take a walk, go out for walk etc. n.; have a run; take the air.    flit, take wing; migrate, ... show more

Roget 309: leap; jump up, jump over the moon; hop, spring, bound, vault, ramp, cut capers, trip, skip, dance, caper; ... show more

Dutch: rondspringen, dartelen, steigeren, rollebollen, rondhuppelen, dollen, raggen, ravotten, robbedoezen, stoeien

2 frisk

Search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets.

Dutch: aftasten, fouiller, fouilleren


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 ... show more.

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