/bɹɪsk/
OriginUncertain; probably a collateral form of brusque, but compare Irish briosc, Scottish Gaelic brisg, Welsh brys.
- Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action.
“We took a brisk walk yesterday.”
“On such occasions he would remark--
"Shaving may add an air that's somewhat brisker,
For dignity, commend me to the whisker."”
“Ba, who has been linked with a January move to Arsenal, should have rewarded their brisk start with the opening goal in the 16th minute.”
- Full of spirit of life; effervescing.
- archaicSparkling; fizzy.
- Stimulating or invigorating.
“This morning was a brisk fall day. It wasn't cold enough for frost, but you wanted to keep moving.”
“Why, if 'tis dancing you would be, / There's brisker pipes than poetry.”
- Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.
“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.”
- ambitransitive, oftenTo make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.
Formsbrisker(comparative) · more brisk(comparative) · briskest(superlative) · most brisk(superlative) · brisks(present, singular, third-person) · brisking(participle, present) · brisked(participle, past) · brisked(past)
Source: Wiktionary