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flisk

  • /flɪsk/

Rhymes with -ɪsk

noun flisks

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

verb flisks · flisking · flisked

  1. Northern England, Scotland To frisk; to skip; to caper; to move quickly or restlessly. flit away the he flisking flies.
  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; […]

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@misc{flisk_2026,
  title = {flisk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flisk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}