Flisk
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /flɪsk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Flisk is a noun meaning A comb with large teeth.
Meaning
A comb with large teeth.
More Meanings
- (Scotland, Northern England) To frisk; to skip; to caper; to move quickly or restlessly.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To flick or sprinkle (with or as if with water).
- (obsolete, Scotland) A caper; a spring; a whim.
Example Sentences
flit away the he flisking flies.
... elves and fairies flisk a jig in, To waning moon:
'The wind got up east, and sent us a flisking rain.' Marianne Spry.—1888. S. B. G. To flisk is to sprinkle with fine spray; […]
Streams and rivers in York could be wild and whimsical, drowning […] Cath stood on shore, her cloak heavy and damp. Flisked with water.
Word Forms
- flisks
- flisking
- flisked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include flick, fling, firk, fangle, fribble, flook.
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