FRISK, FRISKING
ADJECTIVES
► GALLIVATE frisking about → 19C Amer.
VERBS
► CUT AROUND to flirt; to frisk about → 1843 Amer. dial.
► CUT THE SHORT DOG to caper and frisk around when tipsy → 1888 Amer. dial.
► GALLIVATE to frisk, gallivant, gad about → 1893 Amer.
► HALLOP to frisk about; to be precipitate in one’s movements → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► PAVIE to caper, to frisk, to move in a quick light way; to cavort, to waltz around → 1804 Sc.
► PROWL to frisk a person; to run one’s hands over another’s clothing, usually in search of a gun → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SCOUSE to frolic, to frisk about; to run fast → 1842 Eng. dial.
► SKICE to move quickly and briskly; to skip or frisk about; to run → 1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SKIMMER to flutter, to move rapidly; to frisk about lightly → 1824
► SKIRRUP to frisk, to frolic → 1896 Amer. dial.
► VAPOUR to caper; to frisk about → 1841 Sc. & Eng. dial.
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