Dictionary Definition
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /bɹɪsk/
- Rhymes: -ɪsk
Adjective
- Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of
motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.
- We took a brisk walk yesterday.
- 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.
Translations
Full of spirit of life
- German: lebhaft, vital
Stimulating or invigorating
- German: anregend
See also
Albanian
Noun
briskExtensive Definition
Brisk may refer to:
- Brest, Belarus (Brest-Litovsk) Brisk (בריסק) is the city's name in Yiddish
- The Brisk yeshivas and methods, a school of Jewish thought originated by the Soloveitchik family of Brest.
- Brisk, an iced tea soft drink produced by a joint venture between the Pepsi-Cola Company and Lipton.
- Brisk as an adjective means "strong and cold"—usually only used in the context of a brisk wind; or "swift"—a brisk pace. (As an adverb, "briskly" means "swiftly".)
- BRISK, an Italian biotechnology company, specialized in surgical devices.
brisk in Norwegian Nynorsk: Brisk
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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