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  • 71hunt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. chase, drag; pursuit, search. v. t. chase, stalk, follow, trace, pursue, run, trail, hound. v. i. shoot, poach, trap, snare, hawk, ferret. See inquiry. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The pursuit of game] Syn …

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  • 72search — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. hunt, seek, look for; explore, examine, penetrate; probe; test. n. quest, pursuit; inquiry, examination, investigation, scrutiny, exploration. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. exploration, quest, research;… …

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  • 73sex — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Interaction between the sexes Nouns 1. gender; sexuality; eroticism, sensuality; male, female, masculine, feminine; free love, promiscuity; facts of life, birds and the bees; conjugal rights; Kinsey… …

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  • 74frisk — [frısk] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: frisk full of energy (16 18 centuries), from Old French frisque] 1.) [T] to search someone for hidden weapons, drugs etc by feeling their body with your hands ▪ We were frisked at the airport can you believe… …

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  • 75Frischling — Sm junges Wildschwein erw. fach. (9. Jh., Form 15. Jh.), mhd. vrisch(l)inc, ahd. frisking mit einer Anzahl Nebenformen Stammwort. Wohl einfache Zugehörigkeitsbildung zu frisch der Frische (Neue, Frischgeborene) ✎ Palander (1899), 131 133. deutsch …

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  • 76caprice — (n.) 1660s, from Fr. caprice whim (16c.), from It. capriccio whim, originally a shivering, possibly from capro goat, with reference to frisking; but another theory connects the It. word with capo head + riccio curl, frizzled, lit. hedgehog (from… …

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  • 77frisk — 1510s, to dance, frolic, from M.E. frisk lively (mid 15c.), from M.Fr. frisque lively, brisk, from O.Fr. frisque fresh, new; merry, animated (13c.), possibly from a Germanic source (Cf. M.Du. vrisch fresh, O.H.G. frisc lively; see FRESH (Cf.… …

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  • 78frisk — [[t]frɪ̱sk[/t]] frisks, frisking, frisked VERB If someone frisks you, they search you, usually with their hands in order to see if you are hiding a weapon or something else such as drugs in your clothes. [V n] Drago pushed him up against the wall …

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  • 79gambol — gam·bol || gæmbl n. frolic, skipping, frisking, capering v. frolic, skip, frisk, caper …

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  • 80gamboled — gam·bol || gæmbl n. frolic, skipping, frisking, capering v. frolic, skip, frisk, caper …

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