frisk

Lively; brisk.

Her hands must hide her mouth if she but smile; Fain would she seem all frisk and frolic still

A little playful skip or leap; a brisk and lively movement.

The act of frisking, of searching for something by feeling someone's body.

The customs officer gave me a frisk after I went through the metal detector.

To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.

To search (someone) by feeling their body and clothing.

The police frisked the suspiciously-acting individual and found a knife as well as a bag of marijuana.

To search (a place).

Furniture was tipped over and drawers pulled out. Someone had obviously frisked the joint before we arrived.