[ UK /bɹˈɪsk/ ]
[ US /ˈbɹɪsk/ ]
VERB
  1. become brisk
    business brisked up
ADJECTIVE
  1. quick and energetic
    a merry chase
    a spanking breeze
    a lively gait
    traveling at a rattling rate
    a brisk walk in the park
    a snappy pace
  2. very active
    doing a brisk business
  3. imparting vitality and energy
    the bracing mountain air
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How To Use brisk In A Sentence

  • The rest of them continued filling plates while Reggie and Lettie returned at brisk intervals to reload their trays. WEEKEND FOR MURDER
  • So brisk was the malwa business that it propelled Okello to some form of royalty. New Vision Frontpage News
  • life that is gay, brisk, and debonair
  • The blow to his head must have concussed him, for he saw two middle-aged women straighten up and walk briskly to the I.V. unit.
  • Instead of being crushed at once, as perhaps the writer expected, it darted forward, quite briskly and cheerfully, at six or seven miles an hour; requiring no spur or admonitive to haste, except the shrieking of the little Egyptian _gamin_, who ran along by asinus's side. "[ Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men.
  • Beat the eggs whites briskly until soft peaks form.
  • Still breathing heavy from her brisk, morning jog, she sauntered into the kitchen for a bottle of water.
  • The touch of ice wine lends the drink the slightest honeyed, apricot sort of nose, but doesn't interfere with the brisk essence of the classic martini, which is, above all, dry.
  • His tone became brisk and businesslike.
  • He tried to give her a kiss on the cheek but she resisted his advance and pushed him away from her face briskly.
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