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Frisking   Listen
verb
frisk  v. t.  To search (a person) for concealed weapons or other objects, by patting the clothing to detect objects underneath; as, the police pulled the car over and frisked the occupants.
Synonyms: frisk.



Frisk  v. i.  (past & past part. frisked; pres. part. frisking)  To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety. "The frisking satyrs on the summits danced."



noun
frisking  n.  The act or process of searching someone for concealed weapons.
Synonyms: frisk.






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"Frisking" Quotes from Famous Books



... dude "moved on," with the mongrel frisking about him. Purt heartily wished the animal would have a sunstroke (for it was high noon now, and very warm) or would be taken with an apoplectic stroke, or ...
— The Girls of Central High in Camp - The Old Professor's Secret • Gertrude W. Morrison

... of them inveterate Cockneys, talk of the joys of the country, of purling streams and lowing kine and frisking ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, July 14th, 1920 • Various

... that, crossing and turning and wheeling, until it seemed sometimes—to onlookers—that he was sure to skid into a tree and meet with an accident. And usually Bobby Bobolink would sing with such zest while he was frisking about in the air that it was a marvel to many how he could do two things like that, at the same time, and yet put ...
— The Tale of Bobby Bobolink - Tuck-me-In Tales • Arthur Scott Bailey

... tree, and there he saw a lovely little girl squirrel, frisking about on the branches. Then Squinty was no longer afraid. Out of the leaves he jumped, giving a squeal and a grunt ...
— Squinty the Comical Pig - His Many Adventures • Richard Barnum

... of the bargain was not such pleasant hearing as the rest of it. Still the lad had a mind to try for the Princess. So he was taken out to the paddock where the hares were, and a pretty sight it was to see them hopping and frisking about, hundreds and hundreds of them, ...
— Tales of Folk and Fairies • Katharine Pyle


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