frisk
pronunciation
How to pronounce frisk in British English:
UK [frɪsk]
How to pronounce frisk in American English:
US [frɪsk]
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- Noun:
- the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
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- Verb:
- play boisterously
- search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
Word Origin
- frisk (v.)
- 1510s, "to dance, frolic," from Middle English adjective frisk "lively" (mid-15c.), from Middle French frisque "lively, brisk," in Old French "fresh, new; merry, animated" (13c.), which is possibly from a Germanic source (compare Middle Dutch vrisch "fresh," Old High German frisc "lively;" see fresh (adj.1)). Sense of "pat down in a search" first recorded 1781. Related: Frisked; frisking. As a noun, "a frolic, gambol," from 1520s.
Example
- 1. He gave michael a thorough frisk for a weapon .
- 2. So she has granted class-action status to a 2008 lawsuit which claims that the city 's police discriminate against blacks and latinos in its use of stop and frisk .
- 3. But I can 't let you frisk me .
- 4. I 'm gonna frisk him .
- 5. Analysis of racial disparities in the new york city police department 's stop , question , and frisk practices .