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Brisk Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Brisk?
[adj] very active; "doing a brisk business"
[adj] quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [adj] imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air" [v] become brisk; "business brisked up" Synonyms | Synonyms for Brisk: active | bracing | brisk up | brisken | energetic | energising | energizing | fresh | invigorating | lively | merry | rattling | refreshful | refreshing | snappy | spanking | tonic | zippy Related Terms | Find terms related to Brisk: active | activist | activistic | acute | adroit | aeolian | aggressive | airish | airy | algid | alive | animated | arctic | astringent | below zero | biting | bitter | bitterly cold | blasty | bleak | blowy | blustering | blusterous | blustery | boreal | bouncing | bouncy | bracing | breezy | brief | brumal | bubbly | burning | busy | caustic | cheering | chill | chilly | chipper | cold | cold as charity | cold as death | cold as ice | cold as marble | cometary | cool | cordial | crisp | crispy | curried | cutting | drafty | dynamic | ebullient | effervescent | energetic | energizing | enterprising | enthusiastic | exhilarating | favonian | flashing | flawy | fleet | flickering | forceful | forcible | freezing | freezing cold | fresh | frigid | frisky | full of go | full of life | full of pep | gelid | glacial | go-go | gusty | hearty | hibernal | hiemal | high-seasoned | hot | hot as pepper | hyperborean | ice-cold | ice-encrusted | icelike | icy | impetuous | incisive | inclement | intense | invigorating | keen | kinetic | live | lively | living | lusty | mercurial | meteoric | mettlesome | militant | nimble | nipping | nippy | numbing | penetrating | peppery | peppy | perky | pert | piercing | pinching | puffy | quick | quicksilver | racy | raw | refreshful | refreshing | regaling | rigorous | robust | rousing | seasoned | severe | sharp | short | short and sweet | short-term | short-termed | Siberian | sleety | slushy | smacking | snappy | spanking | speedy | spiced | spicy | spirited | sprightly | spry | squally | stabbing | steady | stimulating | stinging | stone-cold | strenuous | strong | subzero | supercooled | swift | take-charge | take-over | tangy | tonic | trenchant | vibrant | vigorous | vivacious | vivid | volant | windy | winterbound | winterlike | wintery | wintry | with a kick | zestful | zesty | zingy | zippy See Also | accelerate | quicken | speed | speed up Brisk In Webster's Dictionary \Brisk\, a. [Cf. W. brysg, fr. brys haste, Gael. briosg
quick, lively, Ir. broisg a start, leap, jerk.]
1. Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by
quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.
Cheerily, boys; be brick awhile. --Shak.
Brick toil alternating with ready ease. --Wordworth.
2. Full of spirit of life; effervesc?ng, as liquors;
sparkling; as, brick cider.
Syn: Active; lively; agile; alert; nimble; quick; sprightly;
vivacious; gay; spirited; animated.
\Brisk\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Bricked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bricking}.] To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up. |
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