What does frisking mean?
Frisking means present participle and gerund of frisk.
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/ˈfɹɪskɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of frisk.
They are no longer to be amused according to custom, as a mob with the cant of a mountebank, and the leapings, friskings, gambols, and stale jests of tumblers and clowns.
Use frisking when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Frisking means present participle and gerund of frisk.
Common synonyms include frisk, patdown.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
They are no longer to be amused according to custom, as a mob with the cant of a mountebank, and the leapings, friskings, gambols, and stale jests of tumblers and clowns.
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