frisking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɪskɪŋ/

Verb

frisking

1. present participle of frisk

Noun

frisking (plural friskings)

1. 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.