Definition of "frisk"

frisk

/fɹɪsk/

adjective
1. (archaic) Lively; brisk.
  Quotations
  Her hands must hide her mouth if she but smile; Fain would she seem all frisk and frolic still
  c. 1600, John Ayliffe, Satires
noun
plural frisks
1. A little playful skip or leap; a brisk and lively movement.
2. The act of frisking, of searching for something by feeling someone's body.
verb
third-person singular simple present frisks, present participle frisking, simple past and past participle frisked
1. (intransitive) To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.
2. (transitive) To search (someone) by feeling their body and clothing.
3. (transitive) To search (a place).