busk

busk  (bsk)

intr.v. busked, busk·ing, busks

To play music or perform entertainment in a public place, usually while soliciting money.

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[Earlier, to be an itinerant performer, probably from busk, to go about seeking, cruise as a pirate, perhaps from obsolete French busquer, to prowl, from Italian buscare, to prowl, or Spanish buscar, to seek, from Old Spanish boscar.]

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busker n.

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busk¹

n

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a strip of whalebone, wood, steel, etc., inserted into the front of a corset to stiffen it

2. (Clothing & Fashion) Archaic or dialect the corset itself

[from Old French busc, probably from Old Italian busco splinter, stick, of Germanic origin]

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busk²

vb

(Music, other) (intr) Brit to make money by singing, dancing, acting, etc., in public places, as in front of theatre queues

[perhaps from Spanish buscar to look for]

busker  n

busking  n

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busk³

vb (tr) Scot

1. to make ready; prepare

2. to dress or adorn

[from Old Norse būask, from būa to make ready, dwell; see bower¹]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

busk - play music in a public place and solicit money for it; "three young men were busking in the plaza" play - play on an instrument; "The band played all night long"

Translations

busk [bʌsk] VI (Brit) → tocar música(en la calle)

busk [ˈbʌsk] vi (British) (= play instrument) → jouer dans la rue (= sing) → chanter dans la rue

busk [bʌsk] vi → suonare (or cantare) per le strade

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busk [bʌsk] vi → suonare (or cantare) per le strade