Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun frisk

1 sense of frisk

Sense 1
frisk, frisking -- (the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; "he gave the suspect a quick frisk")
       => search, hunt, hunting -- (the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb frisk

2 senses of frisk

Sense 1
frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about -- (play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom")
       => play -- (be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children; "The kids were playing outside all day"; "I used to play with trucks as a little girl")

Sense 2
frisk -- (search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets; "The police frisked everyone at the airport")
       => search -- (subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys")