brisk

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There IS one that is x86-based, right?I predict brisk sales, and even brisker returns.

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Quick take

become brisk; "business brisked up"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of brisk gathered in one view.

verb

become brisk; "business brisked up"

adjective

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"

adjective

imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for brisk.

verb

become brisk; "business brisked up"

adjective

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"

See also: alert, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy

adjective

imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"

See also: bracing, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic

adjective

very active; "doing a brisk business"

Example sentences

There IS one that is x86-based, right?I predict brisk sales, and even brisker returns.

It's like a portmanteau of "brusque" and "brisk.

Within a few months, we were putting in brisk 10 hour days as we started our new project.

I'm uhh... guessing this is a joke, but if it isn't... they'd do brisk business in San Diego!

My ride home, where I keep a brisk pace with some sprints mixed in, is actually my real workout.

It's great to see them adding features and functionality at such a brisk pace.

If you recognize that you are sliding into a self-lamenting state, get up and go for a brisk walk.

I find a brisk walk, jog or bike ride in the middle of the day consistently boosts my productivity.

A slightly brisk walk on the treadmill was enough to get her there during the latter portions if the pregnancy.

I've personally enjoyed -36 deg C coupled with a brisk sea breeze in Helsinki, and up in Lapland it's a toasty -50 deg C every now and then.

Do you want to be the 70 year old that's rolling through the super market in a motorized wheel chair, or the one that you see in your neighborhood every day taking a brisk walk?

Anglophone countries that have the shittiest attitude towards border control these daysMeh, any Western hand-wringing about the evils of Anglophones has to be counter-balanced with the fact that net migration to those "evil" countries continues at a brisk pace, often illegally.