busk (b sk)intr.v. busked, busk·ing, busks To play music or perform entertainment in a public place, usually while soliciting money. [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.] busk  er n. |
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| 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" |
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