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Brisk   /brɪsk/   Listen
adjective
Brisk  adj.  
1.
Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick. "Cheerily, boys; be brick awhile." "Brisk toil alternating with ready ease."
2.
Full of spirit of life; effervescing, as liquors; sparkling; as, brick cider.
Synonyms: Active; lively; agile; alert; nimble; quick; sprightly; vivacious; gay; spirited; animated.


verb
Brisk  v. t. & v. i.  (past & past part. bricked; pres. part. 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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"Brisk" Quotes from Famous Books



... a couple of brisk steps backward to the triptych. Holding Beautrelet with one hand flat against his chest, with the other he cleared the passage and closed the ...
— The Hollow Needle • Maurice Leblanc
... top of the voice requires practice upon passages expressing brisk, gay, and joyous emotions, and the extremes of pain, fear, and grief. The following examples may serve ...
— The American Union Speaker • John D. Philbrick
... particularly cabbages, contain, also, certain flavoring extracts, very rich in sulphur and exceedingly irritating to the stomach, which cause them to disagree with some persons. If these are got rid of by brisk boiling in at least two waters, then cabbage is a fairly wholesome and digestible dish for the average stomach. And because of its cheapness and "keeping" power, it is often the only vegetable that can be ...
— A Handbook of Health • Woods Hutchinson
... commercial union, embracing various peoples, could only lead to moderation in foreign politics, and would be the best guarantee for the peace of the universe. A brisk interchange of commodities, a fruitful interchange of cultural ideas would result from such a union, connecting the polar seas with the Mediterranean, and the Netherlands with the Steppes ...
— New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 - April-September, 1915 • Various
... a beautiful Irish setter, called "Brisk." He had a silky coat and soft brown eyes, and his young master seemed very ...
— Beautiful Joe • Marshall Saunders


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