frisked
past simple and past participle offrisk
frisk
verb
uk/frɪsk/us/frɪsk/friskverb(SEARCH)
[T]
to useyourhandstosearchsomeone'sbodywhen they arewearingclothestoseeif they arehidingillegalobjectsorweapons:
We were all frisked at theairport.
Searching
- -seeking
- beachcomb
- beachcomber
- beachcombing
- body search
- bounty hunter
- divine
- keepyour/aneye out forsomeone/somethingidiom
- leave no stone unturnedidiom
- manhunt
- mudlark
- mudlarking
- nose
- scout
- scratch
- seeksomeone/somethingout
- seeker
- shake
- shakesomeonedown
- shakedown
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Detection & solving crimes
friskverb(MOVE)
[I]
tomovearound in ahappy,energeticway:
apostcardwith apictureoflambsfrisking in thefields
Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
- beg
- behave
- behaviour
- behavioural science
- behaviourist
- groom
- hatch
- hover
- monogamy
- murmuration
- nocturnal
- non-migrant
- non-migratory
- nuzzle
- ruminate
- scent
- skitter
- slaver
- torpor
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Jumping
Examplesoffrisked
frisked
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Ifriskedhis side pocket and there was a recording machine, no bigger than a paper-back book.
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All of us have been stopped, invited to get out of our cars on a pouring wet night andfrisked.
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I can understand that, in some cases, this should be a secondary measure, where an individual chooses not to be, as we say,friskedby a security official.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Theatre goers not only pass through two metal detectors but are evenfriskedby policemen before being allowed in.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They were arrested on the spot by armed police,friskedand escorted out.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Visitors arefriskedand bags and baskets are checked for explosives.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The reporters and media people in the airport werefriskedaway and the seer was not allowed to speak with the media.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Teams werefriskedat the start but only innocent substances found.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hikers passing near the base are oftenfriskedand asked to return.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Over 650,000 people were stopped to be questioned and/orfriskedin 2011.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To get in, you getfriskedto make sure you're not bringing in any water or food that would prevent you from buying from their outrageously priced booths.
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- fighting vehicle
- fighting words
- fighting-words
- fight it out
- fight-it-out
- fight like cat and dog
- fight-like-cat-and-dog
- fight like cats and dogs
- fight-like-cats-and-dogs
- fight-off
- fight-or-flight
- fight-or-flight
- fight scene
- fight shy of
- fight-shy-of
- fight something off
- fight song
- fight song
- fight-song
- fight tooth and nail
- fight-tooth-and-nail
- fight-to-the-finish
- fight your corner
- fight-your-corner
- fig leaf