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Brisk   /brɪsk/   Listen
Brisk

adjective
1.
Quick and energetic.  Synonyms: alert, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy.  "A lively gait" , "A merry chase" , "Traveling at a rattling rate" , "A snappy pace" , "A spanking breeze"
2.
Imparting vitality and energy.  Synonyms: bracing, fresh, refreshful, refreshing, tonic.
3.
Very active.
verb
(past & past part. bricked; pres. part. bricking)
1.
Become brisk.  Synonyms: brisk up, brisken.



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"Brisk" Quotes from Famous Books



... coherently—the Americans made their way back to the quay with heavy hearts. They threaded lanes filled with sobbing women, many of whom had frightened children clinging to their skirts, passed groups of old men and boys who were visibly trembling with trepidation and stood aside for ranks of brisk soldiery who marched with an alertness that was in strong contrast with the terrified attitude of the citizens. There was war in the air—fierce, relentless war in every word and action they encountered—and it had the effect of ...
— Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross • Edith Van Dyne

... small bright spot caused by the concentrated rays a thin thread of smoke began to ascend and spread over the moss. This I blew gently, placing over it a few twigs at a time, until I soon had a brisk fire burning. ...
— In the Rocky Mountains - A Tale of Adventure • W. H. G. Kingston

... to see how quickly her grandmother could work. She was a brisk, active old woman, and in a very short time all the cups, and saucers, and plates were washed and put by, the fireside was swept, and the kitchen table was scoured. Then, leaving Poppy to wash the floor, her grandmother carried off the heap of dirty clothes lying in ...
— Poppy's Presents • Mrs O. F. Walton

... flowers almost kissed her sanguine cheek. Her eyes were fixed with languid aspiration on the lady who was speaking. This was a square woman of medium height, with grey hair brushed from her low forehead, the expression of whose face was brisk and rather cross. She was standing with a book, as if delivering a sermon. Had she been a man she might have been described as a bright young man of business; for, though grey, she never could be old, nor ever lose the power of ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... the text are the "Kumri" (turtle-dove), the "Shabaytar" [also called "Samaytar" and "Abu al-'Ayzar"the father of the brisk one, a long-necked water bird of the heron kind.—ST.], the Shuhrur (in MS. Suhrur)a blackbird [the Christians in Syria call St. Paul "Shuhrur al-Kanisah," the blackbird of the Church, on account of his eloquence.—ST.], the "Karawan," ...
— Supplemental Nights, Volume 5 • Richard F. Burton


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