brisk

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Full of liveliness and activity

   Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action.

   • We took a brisk walk yesterday.
   • On such occasions he would remark-- "Shaving may add an air that's somewhat brisker, For dignity, commend me to the whisker."
   • Ba, who has been linked with a January move to Arsenal, should have rewarded their brisk start with the opening goal in the 16th minute.
2. 2

   Full of spirit of life

   Full of spirit of life; effervescing.

3. 3

   Sparkling

   Sparkling; fizzy.

   • brisk cider
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   1. 4

      Stimulating or invigorating.

      • This morning was a brisk fall day. It wasn't cold enough for frost, but you wanted to keep moving.
      • Why, if 'tis dancing you would be, / There's brisker pipes than poetry.
   2. 5

      Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.

      • Her manner was brisk, and her good-breeding scarcely concealed her conviction that if you were not a soldier you might as well be a counter-jumper.
   3. 6

      To make or become lively

      To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.

   4. 7

      Brest, Belarus.

      • Jacob Kopelman of Brisk, Lithuania, paraphrased in verse the Aramaic translations of the five scrolls.

The neighborhood

• neighborbrusque