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WIKTIONARY
brisk
Adjective
  • Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.
  • Full of spirit of life; effervescing
  • sparkling archaic
  • Stimulating or invigorating.
  • Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.
Verb
  • To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate. transitive, often with "up"
BABYLON ENGLISH
brisk adj.
quick; lively
HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
brisk
brisk
\brisk\ (&?;), a. [cf. w. brysg, fr. brys haste, gael. briosg quick, lively, ir. broisg a start, leap, jerk.]
1. full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick. cheerily, boys; be brick awhile. brick toil alternating with ready ease.
2. full of spirit of life; effervesc&?;ng, as liquors; sparkling; as, brick cider.
  similar words(1) 

 brisk up 
WORDNET 2.0
brisk
Verb
1. become brisk; "business brisked up"
(synonym) brisk up, brisken
(hypernym) accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken
Adjective
1. quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"
(synonym) lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy
(similar) energetic
2. imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"
(synonym) bracing, energizing, energising, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic
(similar) invigorating
3. very active; "doing a brisk business"
(similar) active
ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Brisk
Brisk may refer to:Brest, Belarus (Brest-Litovsk) Brisk (בריסק) is the city's name in YiddishBrisk tradition and Soloveitchik dynasty, a school of Jewish thought originated by the Soloveitchik family of Brest (see also Brisker method)Brisk (beverage), an iced tea soft drink produced by a joint venture between the Pepsi-Lipton Company and UnileverBRISK, an Italian biotechnology company, specializing in surgical devicesBriska 8, a high-speed electric train designed by Serb engineers for the Moscow metro
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