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
Verb
  • Two summers ago, the internet received the gift of Raygun, an Australian breakdancer who kangaroo-hopped her way into the 2024 Paris Olympics.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
  • After writing up our game stories for the 49ers’ playoff win in Green Bay in January 2014, Matt Maiocco and I hopped in a rental car at midnight and drove to Chicago for a flight later that morning.
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of hopped
Verb
  • The potential shifting of styles is no problem for Velasquez, who has danced under Cunningham and Binda and their successors Seiwert and Krutzkamp in her time in Sacramento.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The report asserts flatly that Zucker wasn’t truthful and danced around the same accusation regarding Ballmer.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of danced
Verb
  • Miami got off to a promising start, taking a 1-0 lead in the 20th minute when Casemiro, who lined up as a center back, leaped above Montreal defenders and scored on a header off a Telasco Segovia corner kick.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026
  • In the distance, a toddler in a matching Nike outfit literally leaped into the arms of a crying woman, perhaps a grandmother, squeezing tightly for a hug.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of leaped
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
  • After many other high-profile titles skipped this year’s edition, McDonagh’s film felt like the only obvious Oscar player in the bunch.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 4 Sep. 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
  • Kids frolicked in the new Nikki Spoelstra Play Forest, one of the segment’s highlights, while a band played and vendors hawked food by South Miami City Hall as advocates and officials spoke at the dedication.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of frolicked
Verb
  • Humanoids marched, backflipped, and twirled nunchucks; robotic pandas gambolled.
    — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Artisans invited us into their workrooms, where the creatures gamboled on tables and spilled out across every surface, awaiting coats of paint.
    — Te-Ping Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2021
Definition of gamboled

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

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