FRISKING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs

Example:

he gave the suspect a quick frisk

Synonyms:

frisk; frisking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("frisking" is a kind of...):

hunt; hunting; search (the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frisking"):

strip search (searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes)

Derivation:

frisk (search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets)

-ing form of the verb frisk