to brisk

Examples

• All

• Bursting from stillness after prey, leaping up trees in exuberance, adding the occasional banshee howl to the act, my cats defiantly brisk about life.

  Fiction book (2001)

• During rest days, I do brisk walking, running, and joining the aerobics class at the park.

  Blog text (7)

• As Smart says later in his poem, a cat "counteracts the Devil, who is Death, by brisking about life."

  Fiction book (2001)

• She decided to brisk walk through the park to enjoy the fresh air and sunshine.

• The children brisk walked to school, excited to see their friends after the weekend.

Synonyms

H

to hurry up

vsto brisk

• Informal

637 1.0

To move or act more quickly to avoid being late

means becoming or moving quickly without external urging

S

to step lively

vsto brisk

• Informal

4 5.5

Move quickly when someone tells you to hurry

describes becoming or moving quickly without needing instruction

Q

to quicken

vsto brisk

2 5.4

To make a person or thing more lively

focuses on becoming or moving itself rather than causing it

B

to bustle about

vsto brisk

1 4.1

To move around quickly while busy with small tasks

focuses on lively movement or becoming energetic without task focus

B

to brisk up

vsto brisk

6.6

Get more lively and active

is the single word form rather than the phrasal verb

Antonyms

S

slow

∞ 1.0

Moving or happening at a low speed

L

lag

46 4.1

A period of time when something happens later than expected

Phrasal Verbs

B

to brisk up

6.6

Get more lively and active

How Energetic

to hasten

12 4.6

to brisk

1 4.2

to pick up

165 3.0

to slow down

687 1.4

lag

46 4.1

Surface Forms

Etymology