frisk

About 0.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Lively; brisk.
2. noun A little playful skip or leap; a brisk and lively movement.
3. noun 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.

4. verb To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.
5. verb To search (someone) by feeling their body and clothing.

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

6. verb To search (a place).

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

Similar words

disport romp frolic rollick gambol cavort run around sport lark skylark

Often followed by

and about of is for him in the me

Word family

frisked frisker friskers frisking frisks