verb
- moves playfully or energetically; skips or leaps about
- searches someone quickly by running hands over their clothing
Usage: law enforcement
noun
- playful movements or behavior
- a quick search of a person’s clothing
Usage: law enforcement
Examples
- The puppy frisks around the yard with boundless energy.
- The lamb frisks in the meadow on the warm spring day.
- Security frisks all passengers before they board the plane.
- The officer frisks the suspect for weapons.
- The children’s frisk in the playground delighted their parents.
- After the frisk, the guard allowed him to enter the building.