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
Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2024
As the lights came up, an old man dozed while a teenage boy and girl frisked nearby in an unconvincing body of water.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 5 July 2024
Meanwhile, just next door in Philadelphia, Mayor Parker is busy hiring hundreds of new cops, banning and criminalizing ski masks, and promising to also implement stop and frisk.
—Olayemi Olurin, Essence, 11 Mar. 2024
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Verb
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
As the lights came up, an old man dozed while a teenage boy and girl frisked nearby in an unconvincing body of water.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Noun
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
Meanwhile, just next door in Philadelphia, Mayor Parker is busy hiring hundreds of new cops, banning and criminalizing ski masks, and promising to also implement stop and frisk.
—Olayemi Olurin, Essence, 11 Mar. 2024
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Jumpsuits are having a style moment, and stylish celebs are hopping on the trend.Cai Cramer, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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One night before a tiny crowd and another performance essentially for a city hopped up on beer and crammed into the single space of a football stadium.Eric Fuller, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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By the time the killing spree was put to an end, some estimates put the number of victims as high as 135.Scott Travers, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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The juvenile is one of three Fort Smith teenagers accused of threatening a driver at gunpoint and setting out on a robbery spree Oct. 29.Penny Weaver, arkansasonline.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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The result was a humanoid robot able to seamlessly walk, dodge, squat, and dance by copying a human.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2025
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Free coffee for dancing customers at this cafe — check it out!Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
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But Holmes, 46, switched things up at the ankles, skipping leather boots and sneakers for a pair of white ballet flats worn over black ankle socks.Clint Davis, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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Nevada also insisted its players would be allowed to skip the contest without facing discipline.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 11 Jan. 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
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Those endless summer days spent watching Messi gambol around the football pitches of our souls?Jack Lang, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
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Someone ought to think about the brand of football that was played in most of this weekend’s games before leaping to the idea of expanding to an 18-game regular season.Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile since then, teams previously considered in the second tier of the Eastern Conference or lower, such as the New York Knicks, Orlando Magic and Cleveland Cavaliers have all leaped over Miami in the pecking order.DJ Siddiqi, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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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
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The country’s first ever twin panda cubs – born to nationwide enthusiasm last July – were seen frolicking at the Everland theme park and zoo Wednesday, sliding down a snowy field.Jessie Yeung, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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In 2024 alone, Brons frolicked with cows in Italy’s Dolomites Mountains in July, watched the sunset off Spain’s Canary Islands in March and strolled the streets of N.Y.C. in April.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Frisk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frisk. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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