frisk

/frɪsk/ verb

Definition

TOUCH [T] › to move your hands over someone's body to discover if they are hiding something such as a weapon: There were guards frisking people as they went into the building.

MOVE [I] › to run and jump happily like a young animal

(Definition of frisk verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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