Antonyms for frisk

Grammar : Verb

Spell : frisk

Phonetic Transcription : frɪsk

face

Definition of frisk

Origin : 1510s, "to dance, frolic," from Middle English frisk "lively" (mid-15c.), from Middle French frisque "lively, brisk," from Old French frisque "fresh, new; merry, animated" (13c.), possibly from a Germanic source (cf. Middle Dutch vrisch "fresh," Old High German frisc "lively;" see fresh (adj.1)). Sense of "pat down in a search" first recorded 1781. Related: Frisked; frisking. As a noun from 1520s.

verb cavort
verb search

Example sentences :

After all, it was Frisk who did it, and I did not even see Frisk do it.
Extract from : « The Story of the White-Rock Cove » by Anonymous

Then you had Frisk with you, and I suppose as playful as usual?
Extract from : « The Story of the White-Rock Cove » by Anonymous

He wanted to take with him his drum and his rocking-chair, and Frisk his dog.
Extract from : « The Nursery, December 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 6 » by Various

It's long past Frisk's dinner-time, and he has not brought her food!
Extract from : « Fruits of Culture » by Leo Tolstoy

When I frisk a pair of cut-throats with them, it's different.
Extract from : « Laramie Holds the Range » by Frank H. Spearman

All muffled up in brindled shawls, do caper, frisk, and spring?'
Extract from : « Songs of Childhood » by Walter de la Mare

Every now and then the creature begins to frisk about and pull away from him.
Extract from : « Hendricks the Hunter » by W.H.G. Kingston

Mr. Heath, bring on your Chinese and let them gambol and frisk.
Extract from : « The Readjustment » by Will Irwin

They'd frisk me of my roll an' we'd never see it ag'in, less we made a runnin' fight of it.
Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn

Whenever the fawn caught up, he was quite content to frisk about.
Extract from : « In the Wilderness » by Charles Dudley Warner

Synonyms for frisk

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