Meaning

(obsolete, Scotland) A caper; a spring; a whim..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete, Scotland) A caper; a spring; a whim.
2. A comb with large teeth.
3. (Scotland, Northern England) To frisk; to skip; to caper; to move quickly or restlessly.
4. (Scotland, Northern England) To flick or sprinkle (with or as if with water).

Example Sentences

flit away the he flisking flies.

She flisked past me down the dale, / And, ah ! her cheek was painted pale " And wild , as is the wintry gale " That whistles thro ' the glade . " Three times I wander'd round the height , " My little flock to find , " I saw her wrath[…]

... 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; […]

[…] from everyone she had ever known, it seemed, except Jess who was out in his caped smock and leggings in a flisking rain, swearing[…]

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

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When Should You Use Flisk?

Use flisk when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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