Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to frisk
Participle: frisked
Gerund: frisking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | frisk |
| you | frisk |
| he;she;it | frisks |
| we | frisk |
| you | frisk |
| they | frisk |
Perfect
| I | have frisked |
| you | have frisked |
| he;she;it | has frisked |
| we | have frisked |
| you | have frisked |
| they | have frisked |
Past
| I | frisked |
| you | frisked |
| he;she;it | frisked |
| we | frisked |
| you | frisked |
| they | frisked |
Pluperfect
| I | had frisked |
| you | had frisked |
| he;she;it | had frisked |
| we | had frisked |
| you | had frisked |
| they | had frisked |
Future
| I | will frisk |
| you | will frisk |
| he;she;it | will frisk |
| we | will frisk |
| you | will frisk |
| they | will frisk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have frisked |
| you | will have frisked |
| he;she;it | will have frisked |
| we | will have frisked |
| you | will have frisked |
| they | will have frisked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | frisk |
| you | frisk |
| he;she;it | frisk |
| we | frisk |
| you | frisk |
| they | frisk |
Perfect
| I | have frisked |
| you | have frisked |
| he;she;it | have frisked |
| we | have frisked |
| you | have frisked |
| they | have frisked |
Imperfect
| I | frisked |
| you | frisked |
| he;she;it | frisked |
| we | frisked |
| you | frisked |
| they | frisked |
Pluperfect
| I | had frisked |
| you | had frisked |
| he;she;it | had frisked |
| we | had frisked |
| you | had frisked |
| they | had frisked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would frisk |
| you | would frisk |
| he;she;it | would frisk |
| we | would frisk |
| you | would frisk |
| they | would frisk |
Perfect
| I | would have frisked |
| you | would have frisked |
| he;she;it | would have frisked |
| we | would have frisked |
| you | would have frisked |
| they | would have frisked |
Imperative
| you | frisk |
| we | Let's frisk |
| you | frisk |
Verbs conjugated like 'frisk'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'frisk'
brisk,
fisk,
flisk,
frist,
risk,
arise,
brick,
crick,
crisp,
derisk,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1519, "to dance, frolic," from M.Fr. frisque "lively, brisk," possibly from a Gmc. source (cf. M.Du. vrisch "fresh"). Sense of "pat down in a search" first recorded 1781. Frisky first recorded 1500.
2. From Middle English frisk (“lively, frisky”), from Middle French frisque (“lively, jolly, blithe, fine, spruce, gay”), of Germanic origin, perhaps from Middle Dutch frisc (“fresh”) or Old High German frisc (“fresh”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (“fresh”). Cognate with Icelandic frískur (“frisky, fresh”). Doublet of fresco and fresh. More at fresh.
3. Alternative etymology derives frisk from an alteration (due to Old French fresche (“fresh”)) of Old French fricque, frique (“smart, strong, playful, bright”), from Gothic *𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*friks, “greedy, hungry”), from Proto-Germanic *frekaz, *frakaz (“greedy, active”), from Proto-Indo-European *preg- (“greedy, fierce”). Cognate with Middle Dutch vrec (“greedy, avaricious”), German frech (“insolent”), Old English frec (“greedy, eager, bold, daring, dangerous”). More at freak.
Sample Sentences
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The police frisked the suspiciously-acting individual and found a knife as well as a bag of marijuana.
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Furniture was tipped over and drawers pulled out. Someone had obviously frisked the joint before we arrived.