BRISK, a. [This word may be of the same family with frisk, and fresh, which see.]
1. Lively; active; nimble; gay; sprightly; vivacious; applied to animals; as a brisk young man; a brisk cyder.2. Full of spirit or life; effervescing, as liquors; as brisk cyder.3. Lively; burning freely; as a brisk fire.4. Vivid; bright; as, a glass makes an object appear brisk. [Not used.]