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 / full hyponym
• S: (n) strip search (searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) search, hunt, hunting (the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)
• S: (n) exploration (a careful systematic search)
• S: (n) foraging, forage (the act of searching for food and provisions)
• S: (n) frisk, frisking (the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs) "he gave the suspect a quick frisk"
• S: (n) looking, looking for (the act of searching visually)
• S: (n) manhunt (an organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime))
• S: (n) quest, seeking (the act of searching for something) "a quest for diamonds"
• S: (n) ransacking, rummage (a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)) "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis"
• S: (n) scouring (moving over territory to search for something) "scouring the entire area revealed nothing"
• S: (n) shakedown (a very thorough search of a person or a place) "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs"
• derivationally related form

Verb

• S: (v) frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, 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"