Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flisk

/flɪsk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flisk
IPA: /flɪsk/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A caper; a spring; a whim.

Obsolete

noun

A comb with large teeth.

verb

To frisk; to skip; to caper; to move quickly or restlessly.

verb

To flick or sprinkle (with or as if with water).

Example Sentences

"flit away the he flisking flies."
"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[…]"
"... elves and fairies flisk a jig in, To waning moon:"
"'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; […]"
"[…] from everyone she had ever known, it seemed, except Jess who was out in his caped smock and leggings in a flisking rain, swearing[…]"
"Streams and rivers in York could be wild and whimsical, drowning […] Cath stood on shore, her cloak heavy and damp. Flisked with water."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

flisks (plural) flisks (present, singular) flisking (participle, present) flisked (participle, past) flisked (past)

Derived Forms

flisky

Rhymes With

risk disc disk brisk whisk fisk tsk frisk bisque risc fisc cisc

Questions

How do you pronounce flisk?: The recorded pronunciation is /flɪsk/.
What does flisk mean?: A caper; a spring; a whim.

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