frisk
the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
- he gave the suspect a quick frisk
• Syn:
frisking
• Derivationally related forms:
frisk (for: frisking)
• Hypernyms:
search, hunt, hunting
• Hyponyms:
strip search
1. play boisterously
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
• Syn:
frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport,
sport, cavort, gambol, romp, run around, lark about
• Derivationally related forms:
romp (for: romp), romper (for: romp), gambol (for: gambol), sport (for: sport), lark (for: lark), frolic (for: frolic)
• Hypernyms:
play
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
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
• Derivationally related forms:
frisking
• Hypernyms:
search
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
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