frisks in English

verb

1

(of a police officer or other official) pass the hands over (someone) in a search for hidden weapons, drugs, or other items.

One of them relieved Phelps of his gun and gun belt, while the other frisked him for hidden weapons or other ‘dangerous’ articles.

synonyms: search, check, inspect

2

(of an animal or person) skip or leap playfully; frolic.

this did not deter the foal from frisking about

synonyms: frolic, gambol, cavort, caper, scamper, skip, dance, romp, trip, prance, leap, spring, hop, jump, bounce

noun

1

an act of frisking someone.

The panel addressed the issue of whether probable cause to seize an object can arise during a frisk when a police officer knows the object in question to be narcotics.

2

a playful skip or leap.

As the procession approached Hadleigh, he slipped off his horse, and leaped and took a frisk or two, as men commonly do in dancing.

verb

• frolic, gambol, cavort, caper, scamper, skip, dance, romp, trip, prance, leap, spring, hop, jump, bounce
• search, check, inspect
• sport, lark, rollick, frolic, run around, cavort, skylark, gambol, disport, lark about, romp

noun

• frisking

Use "frisks" in a sentence

1. Their lively puppy frisks all over the house.

2. 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas: So there we were, this black bro' frisks me down with his Bitonal paw and relieves me of my wallet.