Word: frisks

Category: frisks

Law & Government, Food & Drink, Hobbies & Leisure

Synonyms: frisks

frolic, gambol, cavort, caper, scamper, skip, dance, romp, trip, prance, leap, spring, hop, jump, bounce, search, check, inspect, sport, lark, rollick, run around, skylark, disport, lark about

Translations: frisks

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spanish
Translations:
retoza, cachea, frisos
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german
Translations:
hüpft
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french
Translations:
gambade, palpations
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swedish
Translations:
Frisks
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turkish
Translations:
freskleri, oynaşır, fresklerin, freskler

The meaning and "use of": frisks

verb
  • (of a police officer or other official) pass the hands over (someone) in a search for hidden weapons, drugs, or other items. - One of them relieved Phelps of his gun and gun belt, while the other frisked him for hidden weapons or other ‘dangerous’ articles.
  • (of an animal or person) skip or leap playfully; frolic. - this did not deter the foal from frisking about
noun
  • an act of frisking someone. - The panel addressed the issue of whether probable cause to seize an object can arise during a frisk when a police officer knows the object in question to be narcotics.
  • a playful skip or leap. - As the procession approached Hadleigh, he slipped off his horse, and leaped and took a frisk or two, as men commonly do in dancing.

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