frisk

1. 1

   Lively; brisk.archaic

   • Her hands must hide her mouth if she but smile; Fain would she seem all frisk and frolic still

1. 1

   A little playful skip or leap; a brisk and lively movement.

2. 2

   The act of frisking, of searching for something by feeling someone's body.

   • The customs officer gave me a frisk after I went through the metal detector.

1. 1

   To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.intransitive

2. 2

   To search (someone) by feeling their body and clothing.transitive

   • The police frisked the suspiciously-acting individual and found a knife as well as a bag of marijuana.
3. 3

   To search (a place).transitive

   • Furniture was tipped over and drawers pulled out. Someone had obviously frisked the joint before we arrived.

syn. pat down