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verb

ˈfrisk How to pronounce frisk (audio)
Definition of frisknext
as in to hop
to play and run about happily carefree kids laughing and frisking about in their backyard

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frisk

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noun

as in spree
a time or instance of carefree fun fondly remembers the summer before he started college as one long frisk

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Recent Examples of frisk
Verb
When one of the officers began to frisk one of the men, a gun discharged, striking the officer in the leg, Bethel said. — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 5 May 2026 Fox frisked Mangione at the McDonald's on East Plank Road in Altoona as he was being detained for allegedly handing police a fake ID bearing the name Mark Rosario. — Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
Noun
Lawyers at the New York Civil Liberties Union, one of the original litigants in the stop-and-frisk case, also called for the CRT to be shuttered. — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 11 May 2026 The officers conducted a pat frisk, allegedly finding a firearm from one suspect’s jacket, police said. — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for frisk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frisk
  1. hop
  2. spree
  3. dance
  4. skip
  5. gambol
  6. leap
  7. caper
  8. frolic
Verb
  • And if the couple decides to live a nomadic life, hopping from mansion to mansion, Farlow said thousands of years of Samoyed breeding should come in handy.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Though nothing about the current situation is ideal, there’s no clear way to hop off without ensuring certain doom at the hands of a large, angry cat.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of hop
Noun
  • But investors continue to question whether the spending spree on AI infrastructure will continue, and whether Nvidia can stay ahead of a growing slate of competitors.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Video captured the dramatic moment a SWAT team rammed its vehicle into a tractor during a standoff with a suspect who allegedly went on a shooting spree near an Oregon home.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of spree
Verb
  • Siale succinctly said what everybody else was dancing around.
    — Caleb Otte, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Savchenko has been actively pursuing opportunities outside of dancing and is dabbling with a career in acting.
    — Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of dance
Verb
  • Wilson skipped a pass to Adams, who sent a wobbler to Kenny Golladay for a 34-yard completion.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • But many congressional lawmakers are skipping the convention to campaign in their districts, and many grassroots supporters claim the event is too pricey to justify attending.
    — James A. Downs, The Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of skip
Verb
  • Humanoids marched, backflipped, and twirled nunchucks; robotic pandas gambolled.
    — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The foundation's dogs typically eat about 10 metric tons (22,046 pounds) of dry food each year and spend their summers gamboling in the remnants of snow in the mountains before heading 40 kilometers (25 miles) down winding roads back to the kennel in Barryland.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
Definition of gambol
Verb
  • Hunt could follow Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean by leaping to stardom.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Feminist Gloria Steinem, who died last week, hopped in a bunny suit so other women writers could leap.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of leap
Verb
  • While capering around with her boss, Matty keeps looking for a private moment alone with Olympia’s luggage.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Tiny Guna capered about barefoot, hopping on the balls of his feet.
    — Guy Trebay, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2016
Definition of caper
Verb
  • The small-dog park remained on top of the 100 African graves — though pets are prohibited from frolicking in the island’s other cemeteries.
    — Oliver Wu, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Many a time while working in the field, Walker and her team saw their target species frolicking above their heads, yet their nets remained frustratingly empty at the end of the night.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of frolic

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“Frisk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frisk. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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