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
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.
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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
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
Verb
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Georgia hopped on the bandwagon to ban gender-affirming care for minors relatively early, in 2023, though the state continued to allow the use of puberty blockers.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
20 Apr. 2026
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Quarterbacks coach Logan Kilgore has hopped on Zoom calls with Rutgers’ Athan Kaliakmanis, Illinois’s Luke Altmyer and Minnesota-Morehead (DII)’s Jack Strand.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The in-game festivities encouraged the crowd to cheer for Minnesota as fans danced to the continuous background music.—
PJ Green
April 28,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
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In years past, heavyweights like Copenhagen’s AOC, Koks from the Faroe Islands, Reykjavík’s Dill, and Portugal’s Vistas Rui Silvestre have all danced through its doors.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Joao Palhinha leapt over the advertising boards to celebrate with Tottenham Hotspur’s travelling supporters.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Two plainclothes officers who were driving west in an unmarked vehicle witnessed the shooting and leaped out of the car to chase the shooter on foot.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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All of this comes a few weeks after Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie skipped the royal family’s Easter service.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
22 Apr. 2026
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That's why establishments prescribed liturgies and punished those who skipped them.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
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The trucks hauling the snow frolicked in the water, sending dirty gray ripples toward me.—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2026
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Over at the three tiers of pools during a late spring weekend visit, couples in stylish swimsuits lounged around the adult’s only pool, groups of friends sipped margs while wading in the main Mother-of-Pearl pool, and kids frolicked in the separate splash pad area.—
Lizbeth Scordo,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Jan. 2026
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Bayern hosts Barcelona on Saturday in the first leg of their semifinal and will hope to make amends after the Catalan club romped to a 7-1 win in their last meeting in the league phase.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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In Wisconsin, where presidential elections are normally determined by statewide swings of 2% or less, Taylor romped to a massive win by racking up huge margins in deep blue cities like Milwaukee and Madison while severely eating into usual Republican margins in suburbs and rural areas.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Frisked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frisked. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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