brisk

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɹɪsk/

Adjective

brisk (comparative brisker, superlative briskest)

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

   Synonyms: lively, spirited, quick

   We took a brisk walk yesterday.

2. Full of spirit of life; effervescing
3. (archaic) sparkling; fizzy

   brisk cider

4. Stimulating or invigorating.

   This morning was a brisk fall day. It wasn't cold enough for frost, but you wanted to keep moving.

5. Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 15

     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.

Translations

• French: animé
• German: lebhaft, rege, vital
• Italian: vivace
• Portuguese: vivo, vivaz, brioso
• Russian: живо́й
• Spanish: brioso, enérgico

Translations

• French: vif
• German: lebhaft, vital
• Italian: vivace
• Russian: живо́й
• Spanish: vital

Translations

• French: stimulant
• German: anregend
• Russian: све́жий
• Spanish: vigorizante

Translations

• Portuguese: brusco
• Russian: ре́зкий
• Spanish: brusco

Verb

brisk (brisks, present participle brisking; past and past participle brisked)

1. (ambitransitive, often with "up") To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.

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