- 1[transitive] frisk somebody to pass your hands over someone's body to search them for hidden weapons, drugs, etc.
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- 2[intransitive] frisk (around) (of animals) to run and jump in a lively and happy way synonym gambol, skip Lambs frisked in the fields.
frisk
verbNAmE//frɪsk//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they frisk he / she / it frisks
past simple frisked
-ing form frisking
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