English

Adjective

brisk ‎(comparative brisker or more brisk, superlative briskest or most brisk)

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

   We took a brisk walk yesterday.

   • 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian:

     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.

2. Full of spirit of life; effervescing
3. (archaic) sparkling

   brisk cider

4. Stimulating or invigorating.

   This morning was a brisk fall day. It wasn't cold enough for frost, but you wanted to keep moving.

5. Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 15

     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.

Translations

See also

• brusque

Verb

brisk ‎(third-person singular simple present brisks, present participle brisking, simple past and past participle brisked)

1. (transitive, often with "up") To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.

Anagrams

• birks

Albanian

Etymology

From brej, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *bhrisqo- 'bitter'. Compare Norwegian brisk ‎(“bitter taste”), brisken ‎(“bitter, sharp”), Welsh brysg, French brusque, Russian брезга́ть ‎(brezgátʹ, “nauseate, feel disgust”), English brisk.

Noun

brisk

1. razor
2. sharp, smart, keen, freezing cold

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

• briski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲrʲɪs̪k]

Verb

brìsk

1. second-person singular imperative of bristi.