frisking
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
frisking
- present participle and gerund of frisk
Noun edit
frisking (plural friskings)
- The act or an instance of checking someone's clothes and body for weapons or contraband.
- The action or motion of one who frisks; a gambol.
- 1809, Eaton Stannard Barrett, The setting sun:
- They are no longer to be amused according to custom, as a mob with the cant of a mountebank, and the leapings, friskings, gambols, and stale jests of tumblers and clowns.
Old High German edit
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Etymology edit
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Noun edit
frisking m
Declension edit
Declension of frisking (masculine a-stem)
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | frisking | friskinga |
| accusative | frisking | friskinga |
| genitive | friskinges | friskingo |
| dative | friskinge | friskingum |
| instrumental | friskingu | — |
Descendants edit
- Middle High German: vrischinc
- German: Frischling
References edit
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014