as in to hop
to play and run about happily
carefree kids laughing and frisking about in their backyard
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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
Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
The top cop early on vowed the NYPD would police the streets constitutionally, noting that as a kid growing up in the Bronx, he and his brothers were stopped and frisked.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 20 July 2024
New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
And much like stop and frisk, police disproportionately stop Black drivers in Chicago, according to our latest study examining racial bias in traffic enforcement.
—David Levinson, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024
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Verb
British soldiers, brought in to suppress a Catholic civil-rights movement, ran checkpoints, frisked young men, and stopped drivers for the smallest infractions.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
The top cop early on vowed the NYPD would police the streets constitutionally, noting that as a kid growing up in the Bronx, he and his brothers were stopped and frisked.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 20 July 2024
Noun
The share of frisks and fuller searches complying with the ruling — and the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures — were lower than the stop numbers.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
And much like stop and frisk, police disproportionately stop Black drivers in Chicago, according to our latest study examining racial bias in traffic enforcement.
—David Levinson, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frisk
Verb
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Families can explore vibrant coral reefs, check out Wahoo Bay (a marine conservation area), or hop on a glass-bottom boat tour to spot colorful fish without even getting wet.—
Rita Wells,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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From applying lotion to keep your skin moisturized to hopping into a bath, speeding up the sunburn healing process is possible with a few tips and tricks.—
Amber Rambharose,
Glamour,
12 June 2025
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That’s after the European Central Bank confirmed the yellow metal had overtaken the euro on the back of feverish buying sprees that have pushed its price to record highs over the last 12 months.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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So too did Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Caroline Fraser, just 7 years old and mere miles away during Bundy’s 1974 summer murder spree.—
Time,
Time,
10 June 2025
Verb
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As the track blasted, Parker occasionally clapped along and danced in place.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2025
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Everyone was dancing and laughing — and the music was magnificent.—
Joy Callaway,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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In these cases, the captain and operations team may decide to shorten or skip a port to ensure repairs are completed safely and efficiently, minimizing disruption to the overall cruise experience.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Or a woman who skips mammograms because of out-of-pocket costs, only to face a late-stage cancer diagnosis that might have been caught years earlier.—
Jane Tavares,
The Conversation,
17 June 2025
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An escaped pet zebra that went on the lam in Tennessee was captured Sunday after gamboling in the forest for more than a week.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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The dire wolves known to paleontologists, however, are different from the creatures that can now be viewed in Colossal videos gamboling in an open field.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Left fielder Melky Cabrera chased down Chris Snyder’s one-out flyball in the sixth, scurrying back to make a leaping catch on the warning track.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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Total investment on film and prestige TV in the U.K. in 2024 leaped 31% to $7 billion, the second-highest year on record, according to figures from the British Film Industry.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
13 June 2025
Verb
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While capering around with her boss, Matty keeps looking for a private moment alone with Olympia’s luggage.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2024
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While capering around with her boss, Matty keeps looking for a private moment alone with Olympia’s luggage.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2024
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She's pictured laying on the beach, in front of zebras grazing, and frolicking in a pool.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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The bubbly, feel-good record soundtracks the flirty campaign video, which sees Doja frolicking around the NYC streets and treating the concrete jungle like her own personal spa resort.—
Regina Cho,
VIBE.com,
5 May 2025
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“Frisk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frisk. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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