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Frisk vs Frosk - What's the difference?

frisk | frosk |

As nouns the difference between frisk and frosk

is that frisk is a frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap while frosk is (dialectal) a frog.

As an adjective frisk

is lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.

As a verb frisk

is to frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.

frisk

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.
    • (Bishop Hall)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.
  • To search somebody by feeling his or her body and clothing.
    • The police frisked the suspiciously-acting individual and found a knife as well as a bag of marijuana.

    Derived terms

    * stop-and-frisk

    Usage notes

    * The term frisk'' is slightly less formal than ''search .

    Anagrams

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    frosk

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal) A frog.
    • ---- ==Norwegian BokmÃ¥l==

    Noun

    (nb-noun-m1)
  • a frog (amphibian )

    • See also

    * (l) * (l)

    References

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