Usually means: Quick, energetic pace or movement.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word brisk:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. brisk: Merriam-Webster
  2. brisk: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brisk: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. brisk: Collins English Dictionary
  5. brisk: Vocabulary.com
  6. Brisk, brisk: Wordnik
  7. brisk: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. brisk: Wiktionary
  9. brisk: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. brisk: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. brisk: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Brisk, brisk: Dictionary.com
  13. brisk: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. brisk: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Brisk (beverage), Brisk (drink), Brisk: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Brisk: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. brisk: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. brisk: Rhymezone
  19. brisk: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. brisk: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. brisk: FreeDictionary.org
  22. brisk: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. brisk: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. brisk: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Tea Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brisk: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brisk: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. BRISK: Acronym Finder
  2. Tea Terms (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. brisk, brisk: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. brisk: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See brisker as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action.
adjective:  Full of spirit of life; effervescing.
adjective:  (archaic) Sparkling; fizzy.
adjective:  Stimulating or invigorating.
adjective:  Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.
verb:  (ambitransitive, often with "up") To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.

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