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

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