frisked

verb

past tense of frisk
as in hopped
to play and run about happily carefree kids laughing and frisking about in their backyard

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Recent Examples of frisked Shortly after, a police officer read Mangione his Miranda rights before he was frisked and handcuffed behind his back. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 18 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 Mitchell was pursued on foot by police to 63 Washington Street, where he was apprehended and frisked. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 24 Nov. 2025 Some detainees were ordered to put their hands up against a bus as they were frisked and then shackled around their hands, ankles and waist. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frisked
  1. hopped
  2. danced
  3. leaped
  4. skipped
  5. capered
  6. cavorted
  7. frolicked
  8. gamboled
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  • Players hopped golf cart rides to class, on the rare occasion that the class wasn’t online.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • In other words, big, lucrative companies are more likely to have hopped on the AI train.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of hopped
Verb
  • While helicopters scattered miniature red roses over the crowd, priests in white robes celebrated Mass and the popular Mazowsze folk ensemble sang and danced to traditional Polish music.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The best part was the crew of dragonflies that danced around the summit.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of danced
Verb
  • The candidates leapt into a weekslong sprint after Lindsey Graham's death on July 11, with a filing period that took place from July 21 to 28, just ahead of Tuesday's primary.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Reports are on track to show earnings per share leaped 50% in the spring from a year earlier for companies in the S&P 500, according to FactSet.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of leaped
Verb
  • Scott explained that his kids had watched shows including The Office and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, but had skipped Parks and Recreation despite his encouragement.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Ben Rice followed Grisham's tiebreaking double with a hard RBI single that skipped over shortstop Colt Emerson's glove.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of skipped
Verb
  • Tiny Guna capered about barefoot, hopping on the balls of his feet.
    — Guy Trebay, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2016
Definition of capered
Verb
  • The sight of Howe leading his players around the ground as Sunderland cavorted in front of their supporters, high in level seven, was excruciating.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Andy Samberg cavorted on behalf of Hellmann’s mayonnaise, dressed as some sort of off-kilter Neil Diamond wanna-be.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026
Definition of cavorted
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Kaia Gerber and Hailey Bieber have frolicked NYC’s streets in Repetto’s slim ballet flats and pumps.
    — Irene Richardson, InStyle, 17 July 2026
  • After training sessions, the dogs frolicked on the sprawling back deck that Annie had transformed into a canine playground, complete with a swimming pool.
    — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 15 May 2026
Definition of frolicked
Verb
  • Humanoids marched, backflipped, and twirled nunchucks; robotic pandas gambolled.
    — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of gamboled

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