Frisking
/ˈfɹɪskɪŋ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act or an instance of checking someone's clothes and body for weapons or contraband.
- 2 the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs wordnet
- 3 The action or motion of one who frisks; a gambol.
"They are no longer to be amused according to custom, as a mob with the cant of a mountebank, and the leapings, friskings, gambols, and stale jests of tumblers and clowns."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of frisk form-of, gerund, participle, present
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"They are no longer to be amused according to custom, as a mob with the cant of a mountebank, and the leapings, friskings, gambols, and stale jests of tumblers and clowns."