frisk
[verb]
Synonyms:
- frolic, caper, cavort, gambol, jump, play, prance, skip, trip
- search, check, inspect, run over, shake down (U.S. slang)

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frisk /frɪsk/ verb
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: frisk 'full of energy' (16-18 centuries), from Old French frisque]

1. [transitive] to search someone for hidden weapons, drugs etc by feeling their body with your hands:
We were frisked at the airport.

2. [intransitive] if a young animal frisks, it runs and jumps playfully Synonym : skip:
The lambs were frisking around the pen.

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