frisking
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
frisking
- present participle and gerund of frisk
Noun[edit]
frisking (plural friskings)
- The act or an instance of checking someone's clothes and body for weapons or contraband.
- 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.
Old High German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
frisking m
Declension[edit]
Declension of frisking (masculine a-stem)
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | frisking | friskinga |
| accusative | frisking | friskinga |
| genitive | friskinges | friskingo |
| dative | friskinge | friskingum |
| instrumental | friskingu | — |
Descendants[edit]
- Middle High German: vrischinc
- German: Frischling
References[edit]
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014