verb · transitive · rare

frisk

frisk · frisks · frisked · frisking

обшукати, обшукувати

резвиться, обыскивать ощупыванием

scherzen, filzen

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

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/fɹɪsk/

» The police officer frisked Tom.

Поліцейський обшукав Тома.

Meaning

3 senses

(intransitive)To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.
scherzen
резви́тьсяrezvítʹsja
(transitive)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.
filzen
обы́скивать ощу́пываниемobýskivatʹ oščúpyvanijem
обшу́куватиobšúkuvaty, обшука́тиobšukáty
search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
(transitive)To search (a place).
Furniture was tipped over and drawers pulled out. Someone had obviously frisked the joint before we arrived.

Examples

10 sentences

The police officer frisked Tom.
Поліцейський обшукав Тома.
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Tom got frisked by the police officer.
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Tom was frisked by a police officer.
ruТома обыскал полицейский.
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Tom was frisked by the police officer.
ruТом был обыскан полицейским.
deTom wurde von dem Polizisten durchsucht.
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A police officer frisked Tom.
ruПолицейский обыскал Тома.
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Translations

7 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to search somebody by feeling their clothes:

Русский

By meaning 2

to frolic:

to search somebody by feeling their clothes:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to frolic:

to search somebody by feeling their clothes:

Origin

From Middle English frisk (“lively, frisky”), from Middle French frisque (“lively, jolly,

From Middle English frisk (“lively, frisky”), from Middle French frisque (“lively, jolly, blithe, fine, spruce, gay”), of Germanic origin, perhaps from Middle Dutch frisc (“fresh”) or Old High German frisc (“fresh”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (“fresh”). Cognate with Icelandic frískur (“frisky, fresh”). Doublet of fresco and fresh. More at fresh.

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