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 Definitions for brisk: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Brisk \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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Brisk \Brisk\ (br[i^]sk), 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.
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Cheerily, boys; be brick awhile. --Shak.
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Brisk toil alternating with ready ease. --Wordworth.
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2. Full of spirit of life; effervesc?ng, as liquors;
sparkling; as, brick cider.
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Syn: Active; lively; agile; alert; nimble; quick; sprightly;
vivacious; gay; spirited; animated.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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brisk
adj 1: 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" [syn: lively,
merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy]
2: imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"
[syn: bracing, energizing, energising, fresh, refreshing,
refreshful, tonic]
3: very active; "doing a brisk business"
v : become brisk; "business brisked up" [syn: brisk up, brisken]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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177 Moby Thesaurus words for "brisk":
Siberian, 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, 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
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