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обыскивать — meaning in English

obyskivat

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English meaning

  • frisk verb To search someone by running your hands over their body and clothing, usually checking for hidden items.
  • rummage verb To search through something messily, moving things aside carelessly.
  • search verb To look carefully in order to find someone or something.

Senses

обыскивать is used for these senses in English:

  • frisk (transitive) To search (someone) by feeling their body and clothing.
  • pat down (US, informal, transitive) To frisk; to check someone's body for concealed items, especially weapons.
  • rummage (transitive) To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.

frisk — full definition

  1. verb To search someone by running your hands over their body and clothing, usually checking for hidden items.
  2. verb To move about playfully; to skip or leap around.
  3. noun The act of searching someone by hand.
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игри́вый ре́звый резви́ться обы́скивать ощу́пыванием проверя́ть на ору́жие шмона́ть копа́ться ры́ться обша́ривать о́быск по́иск ро́зыск