Brisk Meaning
/bɹɪsk/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjFull of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action.
adjFull of spirit of life; effervescing.
Sentence Examples
Business is brisk now and we are up to the elbows in orders.
It's invigorating to breathe the brisk, fresh mountain air.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A ____ walk in the morning helps wake you up.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I went for a ____ walk in the park to get some fresh morning air.
Word Origin & History
Uncertain; probably a collateral form of brusque, but compare Irish briosc, Scottish Gaelic brisg, Welsh brys.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"On such occasions he would remark--
"Shaving may add an air that's somewhat brisker,
For dignity, commend me to the whisker.""
— 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 10:
"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."
— 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian:
"Why, if 'tis dancing you would be, / There's brisker pipes than poetry."
— 1896, A. E. Housman, “Terence, this is stupid stuff”, in A Shropshire Lad:
"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."
— 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 15”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
"Jacob Kopelman of Brisk, Lithuania, paraphrased in verse the Aramaic translations of the five scrolls."
— 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 438:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A ____ walk in the morning helps wake you up.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I went for a ____ walk in the park to get some fresh morning air.