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Synonyms for brisk
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : brisk |
Phonetic Transcription : brɪsk |
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Définition of brisk
Origin :- 1550s, as Scottish bruisk, probably an alteration of French brusque (see brusque). Related: Briskly; briskness.
- adj fast-moving; active
- adj chilly, refreshing (weather)
- Put it on the spit, rub it with butter, and roast it before a brisk fire.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- Bake it in a brisk oven an hour or more according to its thickness.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- It was too late; in the brisk idiom of his mother-tongue, he was "caught with the goods on."
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- They were walking at a brisk pace, and Tom appeared to be talking earnestly.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- She meant to go all the rounds with brisk little Miss Winship.
- Extract from : « Gloria and Treeless Street » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- If the Street is brisk, I won't see him till he arrives home to-night.
- Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
- Where are the brisk boys of the City who were said to be longing for me?
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- I have heard my father say that trade was never so brisk as in 'forty-six, when they were down this way.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The last was spoken in a brisk tone to the guard who had followed the captain.
- Extract from : « Be It Ever Thus » by Robert Moore Williams
- The lightness of these cakes depending much on the expedition with which they are baked, they should be set in a brisk oven.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
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