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View definitions for brisk

brisk

adjective as in fast-moving; active

adjective as in chilly, refreshing (weather)

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The two men started out early on a brisk December morning and were on their way back when Isak fell.

On a brisk sunny morning in MacArthur Park recently, children played on a jungle gym as an open-air drug market operated nearby.

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The museum gift shop does a brisk sale in penacho-themed books, postcards, pillboxes, scarves and the like.

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The assumption of brisk superiority is really a defensive position.

In the wake of Storm Benjamin, the UK will come under the influence of a brisk northerly wind, which could reach gale force at times along eastern counties on Saturday.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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