brisk

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Welsh brysg and French brusque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹɪsk/
• Rhymes: -ɪsk

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

   Synonyms: 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^[1]:

     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; fizzy

   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

full of liveliness and activity

• Bulgarian: жив (bg) (živ), оживен (bg) (oživen)
• Czech: bystrý (cs), energetický (cs)
• Dutch: levendig (nl)
• Finnish: reipas (fi), rivakka
• French: animé (fr)
• German: lebhaft (de), rege (de), vital (de)
• Italian: vivace (it) m or f
• Korean: 활기 있는 (hwalgi inneun)
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• Latin: alacer, strēnuus
• Latvian: žirgts, spirgts, ņiprs, možs, mundrs, kustīgs
• Maori: haukori, hihiko, manahau
• Polish: energiczny (pl)
• Portuguese: vivo (pt), vivaz (pt), brioso (pt) m
• Russian: живо́й (ru) (živój), оживлённый (ru) (oživljónnyj), энерги́чный (ru) (energíčnyj)
• Spanish: brioso (es), enérgico (es)
• Swedish: livlig (sv)

full of spirit of life

• Czech: čilý (cs), živý (cs), energetický (cs)
• Dutch: opgewekt (nl)
• Finnish: reipas (fi)
• French: vif (fr)
• German: lebhaft (de), vital (de)
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• Italian: vivace (it)
• Latin: vivax
• Maori: hīkaka, whitawhita
• Russian: живо́й (ru) (živój), энерги́чный (ru) (energíčnyj)
• Spanish: vital (es)
• Swedish: livlig (sv), hurtig (sv)

stimulating or invigorating

• Bulgarian: свеж (bg) (svež)
• Czech: svěží
• Dutch: opwekkend (nl)
• Finnish: elvyttävä (fi)
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• French: stimulant (fr)
• German: anregend (de)
• Russian: све́жий (ru) (svéžij), бодря́щий (ru) (bodrjáščij)
• Spanish: vigorizante

abrupt, sharp in one's manner or tone

• Portuguese: brusco (pt) m
• Russian: ре́зкий (ru) (rézkij), отры́вистый (ru) (otrývistyj)
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• Spanish: brusco (es)
• Swedish: brysk (sv)

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• Ido: ^{(please verify)} briska (io)
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See also

• brusque

Verb

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

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

Further reading

• “brisk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “brisk”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “brisk”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Birks, birks

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Albanian

Etymology

From brej, possibly related to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 m

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

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Lithuanian

Alternative forms

• briski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲrʲɪs̪k]

Verb

brìsk

1. second-person singular imperative of bristi