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
Michael Gartland, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
As one of the officers frisked him, Benton pulled the Smith & Wesson .40 from his waistband and began firing, according to court testimony and other records.
—Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2024
Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
The organization especially engages with Black men with challenging pasts who may be targeted by stop and frisk.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 5 July 2024
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Verb
In one of those lawsuits, plaintiff Vaughan Bethea of Brooklyn accused the ex-cop and several other officers of illegally stopping and frisking him on Dec. 3, 2013.
—Michael Gartland, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
As one of the officers frisked him, Benton pulled the Smith & Wesson .40 from his waistband and began firing, according to court testimony and other records.
—Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2024
Noun
Trump also suggested stop and frisk for Chicago in a 2018 speech.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
The organization especially engages with Black men with challenging pasts who may be targeted by stop and frisk.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 5 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frisk
Verb
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This prevents the disease from hopping to other communities, Offit explains.—
Ripley Cleghorn,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2025
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Reuniting with her ex Danni (Sadie Scott), the pair hops around Trashtown to earn the fee while encountering some peculiar characters along the way.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Bill Belichick ran things in his unique fashion, and as a result, the franchise had little use for the ballooning contracts and oversized bonuses that are customary in NFL free agency but tend to age poorly (the spending spree of 2021 notwithstanding).—
Chad Graff,
The Athletic,
11 Mar. 2025
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While House Bill 1072 has been in the works since before the stabbing attacks on the 16th Street Mall that left one person dead, its sponsors say the spree gives it an extra emphasis.—
Nick Coltrain,
The Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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As Saxon removed his shirt and Lochlan sipped alcohol out of a shell, everyone danced under the boat’s red lighting.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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For the first time since 2021, Boise State basketball will not be dancing in March.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Lawyers are telling immigrants to prepare Lawyers cannot advise clients to simply skip the meetings, which would lead to deportation orders.—
Sophia Tareen,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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These two slightly controversial projects in Arden Arcade and in the Rio Linda area received a supermajority of approval votes from residents, but less than the 75% majority that allows such projects to skip board approval.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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All the dancers make their way inside eventually, with the elderly Bolger doing his best to gambol along with them.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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The new brand’s packaging and visual identity – created by Mexican artist Francisco Herrera and featuring a winged spider monkey — evokes Kahlo’s exotic style, as well as her love of these monkeys, which once gamboled around her garden.—
Joan Oleck,
Forbes,
12 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Running around in circles Problems with denials are just the latest in an endless series of hoops that the SIV program forces Afghan applicants and American supervisors to leap through.—
Beth Bailey,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
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Waterman smashed the ball past U.S. goalkeeper Matt Turner to seal the contest, then immediately leaped over the advertising boarding behind the goal and ran straight toward Henry, who sat alongside fellow broadcasters Kate Scott, Clint Dempsey and Maurice Edu.—
Martin Rogers,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 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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Chapman persuaded Ford Motor Co. to fulfill his V-8 engine requirements and built the first of what were to become revolutionary Lotus-Fords, pencil-thin cars that looked like spiders capering through the turns.—
Mike Kupper,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2024
Verb
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The video cuts between scenes that are soaked in cold blue hues and others that are hyper-realistic, where the couple runs through city streets and frolic through parks.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2025
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Neighbors drift from apartment to apartment, frolicking or fighting, partying more than working, as the day drags on like a high that won’t go away.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Frisk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frisk. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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