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busk
busk B0574550 (bŭsk)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.busk (bʌsk) n1. (Clothing & Fashion) a strip of whalebone, wood, steel, etc, inserted into the front of a corset to stiffen it2. (Clothing & Fashion) archaic or dialect the corset itself[C16: from Old French busc, probably from Old Italian busco splinter, stick, of Germanic origin]
busk (bʌsk) vb (Music, other) (intr) Brit to make money by singing, dancing, acting, etc, in public places, as in front of theatre queues[C20: perhaps from Spanish buscar to look for] ˈbusker n ˈbusking n
busk (bʌsk) vb (tr) 1. to make ready; prepare2. to dress or adorn[C14: from Old Norse būask, from būa to make ready, dwell; see bower1]busk (bʌsk)
v.i. Chiefly Brit. to entertain by dancing, singing, or reciting on the street or in a public place. [1850–55; probably < Polari < Italian buscare to procure, get, gain < Sp buscar to look for] busk′er, n. busk
Past participle: busked
Gerund: busking
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| I busk | | you busk | | he/she/it busks | | we busk | | you busk | | they busk |
| Preterite |
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| I busked | | you busked | | he/she/it busked | | we busked | | you busked | | they busked |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am busking | | you are busking | | he/she/it is busking | | we are busking | | you are busking | | they are busking |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have busked | | you have busked | | he/she/it has busked | | we have busked | | you have busked | | they have busked |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was busking | | you were busking | | he/she/it was busking | | we were busking | | you were busking | | they were busking |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had busked | | you had busked | | he/she/it had busked | | we had busked | | you had busked | | they had busked |
| Future |
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| I will busk | | you will busk | | he/she/it will busk | | we will busk | | you will busk | | they will busk |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have busked | | you will have busked | | he/she/it will have busked | | we will have busked | | you will have busked | | they will have busked |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be busking | | you will be busking | | he/she/it will be busking | | we will be busking | | you will be busking | | they will be busking |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been busking | | you have been busking | | he/she/it has been busking | | we have been busking | | you have been busking | | they have been busking |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been busking | | you will have been busking | | he/she/it will have been busking | | we will have been busking | | you will have been busking | | they will have been busking |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been busking | | you had been busking | | he/she/it had been busking | | we had been busking | | you had been busking | | they had been busking |
| Conditional |
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| I would busk | | you would busk | | he/she/it would busk | | we would busk | | you would busk | | they would busk |
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| I would have busked | | you would have busked | | he/she/it would have busked | | we would have busked | | you would have busked | | they would have busked |
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" |
TranslationsBusk
Busk (ancient name—Buzhsk or Bazhs’k), a city (since 1940); administrative center of Busk Raion, L’vov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. Located on the Bug River 5 km from the Krasne railroad station on the Kiev-L’vov highway. Population, 6, 100 (1968). There are food-processing enterprises (a creamery and brewery) in Busk. Building materials are produced there. Busk has been known since 1097. BUSK
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