Frisk

Word FRISK
Character 5
Hyphenation frisk
Pronunciations /fɹɪsk/

Definitions and meanings of "Frisk"

What do we mean by frisk?

To search (a person) for something concealed, especially a weapon, by passing the hands quickly over clothes or through pockets. intransitive verb

To move about briskly and playfully; frolic. intransitive verb

The act of frisking someone. noun

An energetic, playful movement; a gambol. noun

Lively; brisk; frisky. noun

A frolic; a gambol; a dance; a merry-making. noun

To leap, skip, prance, or gambol, as in frolic.

To freshen, as the wind.

To squander idly; dissipate in sport: with away.

To search (a person) for concealed weapons or other objects, by patting the clothing to detect objects underneath. transitive verb

To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety. intransitive verb

A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap. adjective

Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky. adjective

Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky. adjective

A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap. noun

To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap verb

To search somebody by feeling their clothes verb

The act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs noun

Search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets verb

Play boisterously verb

A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.

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The word "frisk" in example sentences

To justify a patdown of the driver or a passenger during a traffic stop, however, just as in the case of a pedestrian reasonably suspected of criminal activity, the police must harbor reasonable suspicion that the person subjected to the frisk is armed and dangerous. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Well, since that was a Fourth Amendment case, and the reasonable suspicion standard has other Fourth Amendment applications, (such as when a Terry v. Ohio type stop and frisk is valid,) the discussion in Brignoni-Ponce would apply to the Fourth Amendment generally. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The frisk is a quick search of an individual for weapons, evidence, or contraband. ❋ United States Army (1992)

And any evidence from those non-searches can or can not beused? can. because any time a cop is lawfully in a position to observe x, x is admissible. doesn’t mean a frisk is a searchwhit (Quote) ❋ Unknown (2010)

May 7, 2010, 12: 51 pm whit says: whit: can. because any time a cop is lawfully in a position to observe x, x is admissible. doesn’t mean a frisk is a search and to be more clear, see plain view doctrine and open view doctrine. whit: can. because any time a cop is lawfully in a position to observe x, x is admissible. doesn’t mean a frisk is a search ❋ Unknown (2010)

Johnson's life, bringing him into scenes and among characters widely contrasted with his habitual surroundings, is one instance, and the memorable midnight "frisk" in the neighborhood of the Temple is another, among many that might be cited. ❋ Various (N/A)

And older persons, not yet altogether regenerate, are apt to have a weakness for a man who was willing to be knocked up at three in the morning by some young roysterers, and turn out with them for a "frisk" about the streets and taverns and down the river in a boat. ❋ John Cann Bailey (1897)

Terahertz waves pass through non-conducting materials such as clothes, paper, wood and brick and so cameras sensitive to them can peer inside envelopes, into living rooms and "frisk" people at distance. ❋ Ape (2010)

The statement says Dunn told detectives that he told the women that he was going to "frisk" them, then fondled them for his own gratification rather than his safety. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When they encounter another cell, they "frisk" it to determine if it is normal or infected, cancerous, or foreign to the body. ❋ Snowcrash (2010)

You won't find the word 'frisk' in any scientific dictionary. " ❋ Unknown (1908)

The Court has made it far easier for the police to stop and frisk individuals. ❋ Erwin Chemerinsky (2010)

The police told Ronnie to put his hands on the wall and started to frisk him. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Organizers have set up first-aid and food tents; young men frisk anyone who enters, to prevent weapons from flowing into the area. ❋ Unknown (2011)

According to the Wall Street Journal, the New York Police Department's latest data from the first quarter of 2011 shows police still stop and frisk African Americans at far higher rates than they do Whites with their odious stop-and-frisk law. ❋ Keith Rushing (2011)

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