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Meaning of Frisking | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈfɹɪskɪŋ

Definitions

  1. The act or an instance of checking someone's clothes and body for weapons or contraband.
  2. The action or motion of one who frisks; a gambol.

Equivalents

العربية الطفر تفتيش
Polski rewizja osobista
Svenska kroppsvisitation kroppsvisitering visitering

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Frisks frisky frislet Frison frisse frisson

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