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[frɪsk], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (of a police officer or other official) pass the hands over (someone) in a search for hidden weapons, drugs, or other items
(e.g: he raised his arms to permit the officer to frisk him)
- skip or leap playfully; frolic
(e.g: spaniels frisked around me)
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Origin
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early 16th century (in frisk): from obsolete frisk ‘lively, frisky’, from Old French frisque ‘alert, lively, merry’, perhaps of Germanic origin. frisk, originally a slang term, dates from the late 18th century
[frɪsk], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an act of frisking someone
(e.g: a frisk search)
- a playful skip or leap
Phrases:
Origin
:
early 16th century (in frisk): from obsolete frisk ‘lively, frisky’, from Old French frisque ‘alert, lively, merry’, perhaps of Germanic origin. frisk, originally a slang term, dates from the late 18th century
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