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Frisked vs Fristed - What's the difference?

frisked | fristed |

As verbs the difference between frisked and fristed

is that frisked is past tense of frisk while fristed is past tense of frist.

frisked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (frisk)

    • 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

    * ----

    fristed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (frist)

    • frist

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) *. See also (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A certain space or period of time; respite.
  • A delay; respite.
  • Credit; trust.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) *.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sell (goods) on trust or credit.
    • (Crabb)
  • To grant respite.
  • To give a debtor credit or time for payment.
  • To defer; postpone.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) ----