brisk
adjective /brɪsk/
/brɪsk/
(comparative brisker, superlative briskest)
- quick; busy
- a brisk walk
- to set off at a brisk pace
- Ice-cream vendors were doing a brisk trade (= selling a lot of ice cream).
- We went for a brisk walk before lunch.
- (of a person, their voice or manner) practical and confident; showing a desire to get things done quickly
- His tone became brisk and businesslike.
- (of wind and the weather) cold but pleasantly fresh
- a brisk wind/breeze
Word Originlate 16th cent.: probably from French brusque ‘lively, fierce,’ from Italian brusco ‘sour’.