brisk

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brisk

The shopkeeper is doing a brisk business selling warm scarves.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Quick and energetic in pace or movement: Describes something done with speed and liveliness.
    • Active and vigorous: Describes a high level of activity or business.
    • Stimulating and refreshing: Describes something, especially air or weather, that is pleasantly cold and invigorating.

  2. Verb:

    • To become or make something more active, lively, or quick: To increase in speed, energy, or activity.
Examples of Usage

  • Adjective:

    • She took a brisk walk every morning to stay healthy.
    • The cafe does a brisk business during the lunch hour.
    • We enjoyed the brisk mountain air on our hike.

  • Verb:

    • After the slow morning, sales brisked up in the afternoon.
    • He brisked up the fire by adding more wood.
Advanced Usage

  • "Brisk and businesslike": Efficient and practical, without wasting time.

    • Her manner was brisk and businesslike, which helped the meeting stay on schedule.

  • "At a brisk pace": Moving or progressing quickly and energetically.

    • The project is moving forward at a brisk pace.
Variants and Related Words

  • Briskly (adverb): In a quick, active, or energetic way.

    • She walked briskly to catch the bus.

  • Briskness (noun): The quality of being brisk.

    • The briskness of the autumn wind was refreshing.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Lively, energetic, quick, snappy, sprightly, invigorating, bracing.
  • Verb: Accelerate, quicken, liven up, stimulate.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Brisk up: To become or make something more active or lively. (Often used with 'business' or a similar noun).
    • We need a new marketing campaign to brisk up sales.
Related Idioms
  • A brisk trade: A high volume of buying and selling; very active business.
    • The market stalls were doing a brisk trade in handmade crafts.
brisk

The shopkeeper is doing a brisk business selling warm scarves.

Adjective
  1. very active
    • doing a brisk business
  2. imparting vitality and energy
    • the bracing mountain air
  3. 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
Verb
  1. become brisk
    • business brisked up

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