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# brisk

«brisk» in Mova's school dictionary: **quick and energetic («a brisk walk»)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (brisk, brisker, briskest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Brisk means quick and energetic («a brisk walk»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#m1)

2) Brisk weather is cold and fresh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#m2)

3) A brisk manner is quick and businesslike, sometimes a bit short. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#m3)

4) Brisk business or trade is busy, with lots of buying and selling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Health lessons recommend a brisk walk every day for exercise. Stories describe brisk winds, brisk talkers and brisk trade at markets.

### examples

- We went for a brisk walk after lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#x1)
- It was a brisk autumn morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#x2)
- The nurse was kind but brisk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#x3)
- Ice cream sales were brisk on the hot day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#x4)
- Rat rowed at a brisk pace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#x5)
- A brisk wind blew off the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#x6)
- The brisk wind which stirred the fire also played with a squeaky old tree beside Iktomi's wigwam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/#x7)

### note

Adverb: briskly. Comparative brisker, superlative briskest.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «brisk» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brisk/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.