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brisk - What does it mean?

Definition of 'brisk'

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.
  • We took a brisk walk yesterday.
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  • Full of spirit of life; effervescing, as liquors; sparkling; as, brisk cider.
  • Stimulating or invigorating.
  • This morning was a brisk fall day. It wasn't cold enough for frost, but you wanted to keep moving.
  • Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.
  • * 1919 ,
  • 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.

    See also

    * brusque

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.
  • Anagrams

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