frisking

verb

present participle of frisk
as in hopping
to play and run about happily carefree kids laughing and frisking about in their backyard

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Recent Examples of frisking By 2011, the New York City Police Department was stopping and frisking nearly 700,000 people a year, mostly in neighborhoods that were home to poor Black people and Latinos. — Elizabeth Glazer, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026 More than a decade ago, a federal court found that the New York City Police Department had been unconstitutionally stopping and frisking Black and Hispanic residents. — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 11 May 2026 When the 12-year-old girl gets out of the car still holding her phone, the officer immediately starts frisking her. — Carol Thompson, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026 Four dolphins appear to be frisking in the shallows at that location. — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Apr. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frisking
  1. hopping
  2. dancing
  3. leaping
  4. skipping
  5. gamboling
  6. cavorting
  7. romping
  8. frolicking
Verb
  • Instead of sending one expensive robot to do a job, a swarm of cheaper hopping ones could monitor water and soil, inspect oil refineries, and explore other locations that are difficult to reach.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026
  • And, of course, a country shopping excursion is never complete without a day of hopping between antique markets.
    — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of hopping
Verb
  • The film features drunken sing-alongs and dancing with abandon in the family kitchen.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Eventually a fourth joins the group, dancing with a tiny, glowing stick figure seemingly attached to its belly.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of dancing
Verb
  • After Mesa's homer gave the Rays a 4-2 lead, Anthony Volpe appeared to hit a two-run shot against Griffin Jax with two outs in the bottom half as a fan reached over the left-field wall and caught the ball over the glove of a leaping Mesa.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The father, throwing his children out of the window of their burning home, leaping out after them and taking the lead bullets with his own body.
    — Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of leaping
Verb
  • But research shows that skipping your first meal of the day could lead to greater blood sugar spikes later on.
    — Trista Chan, HEALTH, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Avoid skipping meals, and eat adequate amounts of nutritious whole foods.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of skipping
Verb
  • The foundation's dogs typically eat about 10 metric tons (22,046 pounds) of dry food each year and spend their summers gamboling in the remnants of snow in the mountains before heading 40 kilometers (25 miles) down winding roads back to the kennel in Barryland.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
  • Okay, so the cow immediately finds its baby, and then there is a BABY COW gamboling in a field.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of gamboling
Verb
  • Euphoric players cavorting in disbelief, long-suffering fans crumpling to their knees in tears, commentators’ voices cracking at the drama of it all.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 27 July 2026
  • McGinley photographed models cavorting naked (always naked) through sand dunes in the Mojave Desert and pine forests in Vermont, in a frigid ice cave in upstate New York and perched above a rushing waterfall in Tennessee.
    — Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
Definition of cavorting
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  • Cam Schlittler pitched another playoff gem against the Red Sox, and Ben Rice also burned their hometown team with a late grand slam and six RBIs as the New York Yankees opened this Wild Card Series rematch by romping to a 9-0 victory Tuesday night.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Some cases over the last month include a bear that entered an arcade in Fraser Valley, a bear that went romping through an Aspen restaurant, and attacks at a Rio Grande National Forest Park campground and inside a condo in Durango.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of romping
Verb
  • On Wednesday, the actress took to social media to share a series of photos of herself frolicking around the Santa Monica Pier in a brunette wig while enjoying an afternoon with her best friend.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • For Wolf, frolicking in mud is both literal and metaphorical.
    — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of frolicking

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“Frisking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frisking. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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