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adjective

Brisk adj.

Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick. "Cheerily, boys; be brick awhile." "Brisk toil alternating with ready ease."

Full of spirit of life; effervescing, as liquors; sparkling; as, brick cider.

Synonyms: Active; lively; agile; alert; nimble; quick; sprightly; vivacious; gay; spirited; animated.

verb

Brisk v. t. & v. i. (past & past part. bricked; pres. part. bricking) To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; usually with up.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Brisk" Quotes from Famous Books

... had gone to his aunt's, given himself a brisk rubbing down and changed his wet clothing for another suit he fortunately happened to have with him. Thanks to his strong constitution and vigorous health, he felt ...

— Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School • Jessie Graham Flower

... I find them both resolved to die, rather than change. And for my part, Sir, I was not so much in Love with Rinaldo, as I was out of love with the Nunnery; and took any Opportunity to quit a Life absolutely contrary to my Humour.' She spoke this with a Gaiety so brisk, and an Air so agreeable, that Vernole found it touch'd his Heart; and the rather because he found Atlante would never be his; or if she were, he should be still in Danger from the Resentment of Rinaldo: he therefore ...

— The Works of Aphra Behn - Volume V • Aphra Behn

... should always speak for another. The mission, I suppose, was a little display on the part of good Mrs. Coutts of authority over her high aristocratic suitor. I do not suspect her of turning devote, and retract my consent given as above, unless she remains "lively, brisk, and jolly."[37] ...

— The Journal of Sir Walter Scott - From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford • Walter Scott

... reigned, there lived near the Land's End of England, in the county of Cornwall, a farmer who had one only son called Jack. He was brisk and of a ready lively wit, so that nobody or nothing could ...

— English Fairy Tales • Joseph Jacobs (coll. & ed.)

... not effective a supplementary regime may be adopted that is only in part dietetic, i.e., to rise ONE HOUR BEFORE BREAKFAST, drink two glasses of cold water and take a brisk walk of fifteen to thirty minutes. The cold water has a tonic effect upon the stomach, preparing it for a rapid digestion of the breakfast. It also washes out the accumulation of mucus in the stomach, which may easily equal a pint in volume. This pint of mucous plus the pint of water, making ...

— The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction - Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male • Winfield S. Hall

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