frisk
verb
[ frɪsk ]
• (of a police officer or other official) pass the hands over (someone) in a search for hidden weapons, drugs, or other items.
• "he raised his arms to permit the officer to frisk him"
• skip or leap playfully; frolic.
• "spaniels frisked around me"
Similar:
frolic,
gambol,
cavort,
caper,
cut capers,
sport,
scamper,
skip,
dance,
romp,
trip,
prance,
leap,
spring,
hop,
jump,
bounce,
bob,
curvet,
rollick,
capriole,
frisk
noun
• an act of frisking someone.
• "a frisk search"
• a playful skip or leap.
Origin:
early 16th century (in frisk (sense 2 of the noun)): from obsolete frisk ‘lively, frisky’, from Old French frisque ‘alert, lively, merry’, perhaps of Germanic origin. frisk (sense 1 of the noun), originally a slang term, dates from the late 18th century.
