verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A guard frisked him expertly, then led him into a large room.
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Barking and yelping, the puppy frisked at his heels.
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They pulled me aside and frisked me for weapons.
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Visitors to the ceremony were frisked and asked to walk through metal detectors.
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We were stopped by the police and frisked before being allowed into the building.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A black horse was galloping down it, frisking his back legs like a colt.
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Before he could think, I spun junior around, pushed him against the corridor wall, and frisked him.
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But she has gone; and they fly pell-mell up the hedgerow, frisking, chattering and perching where they will.
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If she was mine I'd be frisking her on the hour.
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Then they frisk you and give you a dressing-gown and tell you to go into a cubicle and strip off and wait.
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They had been crazy not to frisk that boy.