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. |
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]
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
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]
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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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