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frisk
English
Etymology
From Middle English frisk (“lively, frisky”), from Old 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”). More at fresh.
Alternative etymology derives frisk from an alteration (due to Old French fresche (“fresh”)) of Old French fricque, frique (“smart, strong, playful, bright”), from Gothic *???????????????????? (*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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??sk/
- Rhymes: -?sk
Adjective
frisk
- (archaic) Lively; brisk
- Synonyms: frolicsome, frisky
- c. 1600, Joseph Hall, Satires
- Her hands must hide her mouth if she but smile; Fain would she seem all frisk and frolic still
Translations
Noun
frisk (plural frisks)
- A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.
- The act of frisking, of searching for something by feeling someone's body
Verb
frisk (third-person singular simple present frisks, present participle frisking, simple past and past participle frisked)
- To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.
- To search somebody by feeling his or her body and clothing.
Usage notes
- The term frisk is slightly less formal than search.
Derived terms
- stop-and-frisk
Synonyms
- pat down
Translations
Anagrams
- firks
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German vrisch, versch, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, cognate with English fresh, German frisch, Dutch vers. Doublet of fersk.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fr?sk/, [?f?æs??]
Adjective
frisk (neuter frisk or friskt, plural and definite singular attributive friske, comparative ere, superlative (predicative) friskest, superlative (attributive) friskeste)
- fresh
- cheerful, lively
- fit, sprightly
Related terms
- frisk som en fisk
- frisk som en havørn
Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian friscu, from Late Latin friscus, from Frankish *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fr?sk/
Adjective
frisk (feminine singular friska, plural friski)
- fresh; cool
- Minbarra l-?alib, l-a?jar xarba g?all-ulied huwa l-ilma frisk.
- Apart from milk, the best drink for children is fresh water.
- Minbarra l-?alib, l-a?jar xarba g?all-ulied huwa l-ilma frisk.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-.
Adjective
frisk (neuter singular friskt, definite singular and plural friske, comparative friskere, indefinite superlative friskest, definite superlative friskeste)
- fresh
- keen (e.g. a keen wind)
- well, healthy
- refreshing
- cheerful (e.g. colours)
Derived terms
- friske (verb)
- friskhet
- friskne
Etymology 2
Verb
frisk
- imperative of friske
References
- “frisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, *fersk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-. Akin to English fresh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fr?sk/
Adjective
frisk (neuter singular friskt, definite singular and plural friske, comparative friskare, indefinite superlative friskast, definite superlative friskaste)
- fresh
- keen (e.g. a keen wind)
- well, healthy
- refreshing
- cheerful (e.g. colours)
References
- “frisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian fersk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. More at fresh.
Adjective
frisk
- fresh
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish frisker, from Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, from Proto-West Germanic *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-. Doublet of färsk and fräsch.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?sk
Adjective
frisk (comparative friskare, superlative friskast)
- healthy
- fresh; refreshing
- friska luften
- (the) fresh air
- friska luften
Declension
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shakedown
English
Alternative forms
- shake-down
Etymology
From the verb phrase shake down. An improvised bed would originally have been made by shaking down straw.
Pronunciation
Noun
shakedown (plural shakedowns)
- (slang) Extortion, especially through blackmail
- What is this, a shakedown?
- (slang) A thorough search; a frisk
- A trial or test period, especially of a ship or aircraft
- An improvised bed.
- 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, "Of Human Bondage":
- "There's nowhere for me to lie down, sir," he answered, and there was in his voice a humbleness which was very distressing. -- "Don't you know anyone in the house who'll give you a shakedown?" -- "No, sir."
- 1974, Thea Astley, A Kindness Cup, Text Classics 2018, p. 107:
- ‘You two,’ he says, ‘you're not going back tonight. […] I can make you shake-downs on the veranda and we'll have a bite to eat.’
- 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, "Of Human Bondage":
Translations
Adjective
shakedown
- that tests the performance of a ship or aircraft
Translations
Anagrams
- hawknosed
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