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Noun
S:
(n)
frisk
,
frisking
(the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs)
"he gave the suspect a quick frisk"
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
S:
(n)
strip search
(searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
search
,
hunt
,
hunting
(the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)
S:
(n)
activity
(any specific behavior)
"they avoided all recreational activity"
S:
(n)
act
,
deed
,
human action
,
human activity
(something that people do or cause to happen)
S:
(n)
event
(something that happens at a given place and time)
S:
(n)
psychological feature
(a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
S:
(n)
abstraction
,
abstract entity
(a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
derivationally related form
Verb
S:
(v)
frolic
,
lark
,
rollick
,
skylark
,
disport
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sport
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cavort
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gambol
,
frisk
,
romp
,
run around
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lark about
(play boisterously)
"The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
S:
(v)
frisk
(search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets)
"The police frisked everyone at the airport"