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Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.

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  1. a. Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.
  2. a. A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.
  3. v. i. To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety.
  4. n. the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
  5. v. play boisterously
  6. v. search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
  7. Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap. Johnson. To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety. The frisking satyrs on the summits danced. Addison.
  8. Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  9. n:9/v:91 n. the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs v. search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets