FRISKING Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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And there’s perhaps no better way to experience it than hopping on the rails for a ride through Colorado with the Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway.

— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2026
And if the couple decides to live a nomadic life, hopping from mansion to mansion, Farlow said thousands of years of Samoyed breeding should come in handy.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of hopping

Verb

Herbert repeatedly connected with Ladd McConkey early in the game, and later found him for a touchdown, but that option disappeared near the end of the third quarter when the standout receiver suffered a chest injury while leaping to make a catch.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2026
From its uppermost floors, people were leaping out to their deaths, windmilling in terror toward the concrete below.

— Kurt Loder, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of leaping

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On Sunday, the plan appeared no more complex than hoping that Bruno Fernandes or Kobbie Mainoo could produce a miracle pass or, in the first half, that Marcus Rashford could generate momentum by skipping past defenders.

— Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Tourists are skipping the gift shop for konbini snacks, celebrity smoothies and private-label finds, and the retailers are paying attention.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of skipping

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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

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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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The Panthers are coming off their own season-opening blowout victory, romping over Miami of Ohio 59-14 on Saturday.

— Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2026
There’s not a grapevine on the property, only horses romping in the pasture that can be seen from both customer settings.

— Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of romping

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Elk are fond of wallows in the heat of the summer, often frolicking in them late in the afternoon.

— Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026
Franklin’s debut in Blacksburg was a frolicking, stress-free celebration of what Virginia Tech fans hope will be a return to better days.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of frolicking

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