Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Frisk"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

frisk
n : the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or
illegal drugs [syn: {frisking}]
v 1: play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden";
"the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers
romped in the palyroom" [syn: {frolic}, {lark}, {rollick},
{skylark}, {disport}, {sport}, {cavort}, {gambol}, {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"


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