[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brisk \brisk\, v. t.  i. imp.  p. p. bricked; p. pr.  vb.
   n. bricking.
   to make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or
   cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up.
   1913 webster
see also:
bricked bricking 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brisk \brisk\ bri^sk, 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.
      1913 webster

            cheerily, boys; be brick awhile.      --shak.
      1913 webster

            brisk toil alternating with ready ease. --wordworth.
      1913 webster

   2. full of spirit of life; effervesc?ng, as liquors;
      sparkling; as, brick cider.
      1913 webster

   syn: active; lively; agile; alert; nimble; quick; sprightly;
        vivacious; gay; spirited; animated.
        1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

brisk
     adj 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" syn: lively,
             merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy
     2: imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"
        syn: bracing, energizing, energising, fresh, refreshing,
         refreshful, tonic
     3: very active; "doing a brisk business"
     v : become brisk; "business brisked up" syn: brisk up, brisken
see also:
lively merry rattling snappy spanking zippy 
bracing energizing energising fresh refreshing 
refreshful tonic brisk up brisken 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

177 moby thesaurus words for "brisk":
   siberian, active, activist, activistic, acute, adroit, aeolian,
   aggressive, airish, airy, algid, alive, animated, arctic,
   astringent, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, blasty,
   bleak, blowy, blustering, blusterous, blustery, boreal, bouncing,
   bouncy, bracing, breezy, brief, brumal, bubbly, burning, busy,
   caustic, cheering, chill, chilly, chipper, cold, cold as charity,
   cold as death, cold as ice, cold as marble, cometary, cool,
   cordial, crisp, crispy, curried, cutting, drafty, dynamic,
   ebullient, effervescent, energetic, energizing, enterprising,
   enthusiastic, exhilarating, favonian, flashing, flawy, fleet,
   flickering, forceful, forcible, freezing, freezing cold, fresh,
   frigid, frisky, full of go, full of life, full of pep, gelid,
   glacial, go-go, gusty, hearty, hibernal, hiemal, high-seasoned,
   hot, hot as pepper, hyperborean, ice-cold, ice-encrusted, icelike,
   icy, impetuous, incisive, inclement, intense, invigorating, keen,
   kinetic, live, lively, living, lusty, mercurial, meteoric,
   mettlesome, militant, nimble, nipping, nippy, numbing, penetrating,
   peppery, peppy, perky, pert, piercing, pinching, puffy, quick,
   quicksilver, racy, raw, refreshful, refreshing, regaling, rigorous,
   robust, rousing, seasoned, severe, sharp, short, short and sweet,
   short-term, short-termed, sleety, slushy, smacking, snappy,
   spanking, speedy, spiced, spicy, spirited, sprightly, spry,
   squally, stabbing, steady, stimulating, stinging, stone-cold,
   strenuous, strong, subzero, supercooled, swift, take-charge,
   take-over, tangy, tonic, trenchant, vibrant, vigorous, vivacious,
   vivid, volant, windy, winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry,
   with a kick, zestful, zesty, zingy, zippy

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