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flisk

/flɪsk/

flisk noun: a caper; a spring; a whim.

Noun

flisk (plural flisks)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) A caper; a spring; a whim.
  2. A comb with large teeth.

Verb

flisk (third-person singular simple present flisks, present participle flisking, simple past and past participle flisked)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) To frisk; to skip; to caper; to move quickly or restlessly.
    • flit away the he flisking flies.1579, Stephen Gosson, The Schoole of Abuse
    • She flisked past me down the dale, / And, ah ! her cheek was painted pale " And wild , as is the wintry gale " That whistles thro ' the glade . " Three times I wander'd round the height , " My little flock to find , " I saw her wrath[…]1791, John Learmont, Poems, Pastoral, Satirical, Tragic, and Comic, page 40
  2. (Northern England, Scotland) To flick or sprinkle (with or as if with water).
    • 'The wind got up east, and sent us a flisking rain.' Marianne Spry.—1888. S. B. G. To flisk is to sprinkle with fine spray; […]1889, Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, page 93
    • […] from everyone she had ever known, it seemed, except Jess who was out in his caped smock and leggings in a flisking rain, swearing[…]1990, Margery Forester, Rapid Falcons, →ISBN, page 73

Forms of flisk

Noun
pluralflisks
Verb
third-person singular presentflisks
present participleflisking
past participleflisked
pastflisked

Words formed from flisk

Words that rhyme with flisk

Questions about flisk

What does flisk mean?
Flisk means a caper; a spring; a whim.
What part of speech is flisk?
Flisk can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce flisk?
Flisk is pronounced /flɪsk/.
What is the plural of flisk?
The plural of flisk is flisks.

Words near flisk in the dictionary

  1. flirts
  2. flirtship
  3. flirtships
  4. flirtsome
  5. flirty
  6. flisk
  7. flisked
  8. flisking
  9. flisks
  10. flisky
  11. Fliss

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