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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The man hopped out of his minivan, ran toward an empty Wauwatosa police squad car and got in as officers tried to arrest him.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Stapleton’s blues-leaning song played as Pitt, who portrayed the character Sonny Hayes, hopped into the APXGP car.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The toddler danced around, incapable of containing his energy.—
Maeva Bambuck,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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Pacheco danced on her college team at San Jose State, then danced professionally for the Disney Cruise Line and Great America.—
Jason Mastrodonato,
Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Mitchell sat at a table with Brandi Carlile, and the crowd leapt to their feet when Davis revealed the folk legend was in the room.—
John Ross,
Vanity Fair,
1 Feb. 2026
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Charlie Weis already had his gig with Notre Dame, and everybody heard Romeo Crennel was going to Cleveland, but after McCartney did four of his songs on worldwide television, his CD’s leaped toward the top of Amazon’s Movers & Shakers list.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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But Shuster, a five-time Olympian, won’t be competing in Cortina after his quintet was edged by a mostly young fivesome skipped by Danny Casper in the Olympic trials.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Biden participated in Super Bowl week interviews in 2021 and 2022, but skipped them in 2023 and 2024.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Monroe, Lemmon and Curtis cavorted there.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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Children romped around in the park’s playground while adults went from booth to booth speaking with various vendors and gathering resource handouts.—
Marianne Love,
Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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With a 56-22 dismantling of Oregon, Indiana has romped through this College Football Playoff like nothing the sport has seen in years, if ever.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Frisked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frisked. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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