frisker
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frisk
(frĭsk)v. frisked, frisk·ing, frisks
v.tr.
To search (a person) for something concealed, especially a weapon, by passing the hands quickly over clothes or through pockets.
v.intr.
To move about briskly and playfully; frolic.
n.
1. The act of frisking someone.
2. An energetic, playful movement; a gambol.
[From Middle English frisk, lively, from Old French frisque, of Germanic origin.]
frisk′er n.
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