frisking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɪskɪŋ/

Verb

frisking

1. present participle and gerund of frisk

Noun

frisking (plural friskings)

1. The act or an instance of checking someone's clothes and body for weapons or contraband.

   Synonyms: frisk, patdown

2. 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

Alternative forms

• friscing, frusking, fruscing

Etymology

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Noun

frisking m

1. (animal) sacrificial victim

Declension

Declension of frisking (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	frisking	friskinga
accusative	frisking	friskinga
genitive	friskinges	friskingo
dative	friskinge	friskingum
instrumental	friskingu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: vrischinc
  • German: Frischling

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014