FRISK
Dictionary entry overview: What does frisk mean?
• FRISK (noun)
The noun FRISK has 1 sense:
1. the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
Familiarity information: FRISK used as a noun is very rare.
• FRISK (verb)
The verb FRISK has 2 senses:
1. play boisterously
2. search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
Familiarity information: FRISK used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FRISK (noun)
Meaning:
The act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
frisk; frisking
Context example:
he gave the suspect a quick frisk
Hypernyms ("frisk" is a kind of...):
hunt; hunting; search (the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frisk"):
strip search (searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes)
• FRISK (verb)
Meaning:
Play boisterously
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
skylark; run around; romp; rollick; lark about; lark; gambol; frolic; frisk; cavort; disport; sport
Context examples:
The children frolicked in the garden / the gamboling lambs in the meadows / The toddlers romped in the playroom
Hypernyms (to "frisk" is one way to...):
play (be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
The police frisked everyone at the airport
Hypernyms (to "frisk" is one way to...):
search (subject to a search)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
