Meaning

2 senses
  1. The act or an instance of checking someone's clothes and body for weapons or contraband.

    the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs

  2. The action or motion of one who frisks; a gambol.

Forms

plural: friskings
Singularfrisking
Pluralfriskings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs:frisk

Word family

1 related words
Relatedfrisk

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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