brisk

Speech parts

1. brisk - Adjective

2. brisk - Verb

4. brisk - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.

Full of spirit of life; effervesc/ng, as liquors; sparkling; as, brick cider.

To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

alert lively merry active sprightly fresh quick animated tonic agile spirited bracing refreshing spanking nimble
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Antonyms

gorge slack long heavy dead measured
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Hypernyms

quicken speed accelerate speed up

Phrases with the word

brisk blue brisk speed brisk tempo brisk pace brisk person brisk medium

Derivatives

bricked bricking

Anagrams

Birks

Examples

A crowded police court docket is the surest of all signs that trade is brisk and money plenty. Mark Twain

Brisk and prompt to war, soft and not in the least able to resist calamity, fickle in catching at schemes, and always striving after novelties - French characteristics remained unaltered twenty centuries after Julius Caesar made a note of them for all time. Frederick Rolfe

Never let stress shape your strategy. Most women think better after a brisk walk, a light meal, a massage and a nap. Barbara Taylor Bradford

Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation but no sooner does he take a pen in his hand than it becomes a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties. Samuel Johnson

He made me mad To see him shine so brisk and smell so sweet. Portuguese Proverb

He made me mad To see him shine so brisk and smell so sweet. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Briseno brishings brisingid brisk air brisk blue brisk breeze