frisking
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- noun
- /ˈfrɪskɪŋ/
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- Before entering the concert, attendees underwent a quick frisking to ensure no illegal items were brought inside.
Examples
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Herd girls and hay cutters fled for the hills, pursued by frisking hares.
Fiction book (1999) -
Then they started implementing what they called stop, question and frisk on the street.
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There is no frisking involved, and they do not do full body pat downs.
Blog text (9) -
Do you believe that "frisking" a two-year-old is a good thing?
Blog text (9) -
Being present when unjust frisking has taken place, I know the shame that is felt.
Blog text (29) -
And they were concerned about our stops, our frisks and stops of people in the community.
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Add to the disappointing: ticket takers at the gate frisking fans!
Blog text (32) -
Sorry about the frisking.
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She was standing, as usual, behind the desk, looking severe, her rimless glasses glaring, her black ponytail frisking.
Fiction book (1995) -
The security staff conducted a thorough frisking of all passengers before they boarded the bus.
Synonyms
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4.9
A quick search of someone's clothes by touching to find hidden items
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A quick check of a person's clothes for hidden weapons or drugs
A physical search of a person's body or clothes to find dangerous items
How Invasive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Frisking comes from an old word that meant 'lively' and is related to frisk and frisky. Because those words suggest quick, active movement, a frisking is like a quick pat of the clothes to check for hidden items.