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brisking up

brisking up is the present participle and gerund of brisk up.

Meaning of brisk up

Verb

brisk up (third-person singular simple present brisks up, present participle brisking up, simple past and past participle brisked up)

  1. To enliven or invigorate.
    • Dan brisked up a bit at the sight of two men before the window displaying the white wolf, evidently engaged in a wrangle over the merits of that historic beast.1923, George Washington Ogden, “Chapter 2”, in The Baron of Diamond Tail

Questions about brisking up

What is brisking up the present participle and gerund of?
Brisking up is the present participle and gerund of brisk up.

Words near brisking up in the dictionary

  1. briskets
  2. Briskey
  3. Briskeys
  4. Briski
  5. brisking
  6. brisking up
  7. Briskis
  8. briskish
  9. briskly
  10. briskness
  11. brisknesses

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