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verb bʌskbəsk [no object]1Play music in the street or other public place for voluntary donations. the group began by busking on Philadelphia sidewalks Example sentencesExamples - Now in the business for over 13 years, Kíla have come a long way since they started busking on the streets.
- Apparently he busked on Grafton Street with his African hand-drum!
- I'll probably make more money busking if I take him along with me.
- In fact, they stand to make less than they would busking on the street.
- Anton came over to him when he was busking for the new orphanage that he is intending to build in Kenya, and promised his support to the project.
- But he is just as likely to be spotted busking on a Senegalese street corner.
- At 19 he moved to London where he developed his idiosyncratic style while busking in the London Underground.
- Shoppers couldn't believe their eyes when they spotted a world-famous band busking in a Manchester street.
- Soon after her return she saw a group of street musicians busking in the Latin Quarter.
- I have sung it in schools, at conferences, even busking.
- Before his career took off he did several odd jobs to pay the rent - busking on London's underground and peeling potatoes in a fish and chip shop.
- Musicians of all kinds were busking and selling their music on CD, also there were live puppet shows.
- There was a South American band busking, the type with the pan pipes, flutes and drums.
- Some songs were written while in high school; some were written while busking on the streets of Seattle.
- The pair often went out busking in various towns, individually and together, but soon realised it was when they played together that the crowds built up.
- If you want free music go down to the street corner and listen to the man busking for loose change.
- There was the coin throwing, maybe meant as a donation to my busking I think.
- Mr Robinson said he had been horrified to watch the Boxing Day disaster unfold and was desperate to raise money from busking as he could not afford to give any cash himself.
- Three months ago he was unemployed, busking on the mean streets of Glasgow and Edinburgh to scrape together a living.
- Marc has become as much a part of city centre landscape as the cathedral after 18 years busking on the streets.
2busk itinformal Improvise. Example sentencesExamples - He busks it for a few seconds and then apologises for having to refer to his notes, written on a small, folded piece of paper, which he is holding.
- ‘Basically the Prime Minister had to busk it because he wasn't sure what different parts of the Government were saying,’ said another.
- It was to march into situations with nothing more than your bus fare home, and busk it.
- The dice tells us to write a song and busk it in public the following day.
- I think we'll set off for France and just busk it.
- I ended up busking it because he was that desperate to do it.
- It was more I was fed up with busking it, which you are not really allowed to say if you are a doctor.
- What seems to me disturbing is that they appear not really to have considered how to go about government at all before actually taking power, and have been busking it like their kickbacks depended on it.
- Goldsmith's opinion has the look and feel of a very clever lawyer busking it, with the best help he can get from some other non-authoritative lawyers.
- Mary Lou's new album finds her back on the tracks busking and belting.
Derivatives noun ˈbʌskəˈbəskər A person who performs music or other entertainment in the street or another public place for monetary donations. on any given corner you will be entertained by buskers Example sentencesExamples - The launch was accompanied by a musical gathering in Museum Gardens, with independent buskers among those playing well-known songs to visitors.
- But not all buskers believe the program will be a success.
- ‘There is definitely a shortage of quality buskers in Swindon,’ he said.
Origin Mid 17th century: from obsolete French busquer 'seek', from Italian buscare or Spanish buscar, of Germanic origin. Originally in nautical use in the sense 'cruise about, tack', the term later meant 'go about selling things', hence 'go about performing' (mid 19th century). Busking used to take place not in shopping centres but at sea. The word busk comes from Italian buscare or Spanish buscar, which both mean ‘to seek’. Its earliest use in English was in the nautical sense ‘cruise about, tack’. This became extended to mean ‘go about selling things’, and then, in the middle of the 19th century, ‘go about performing’.
Rhymes dusk, husk, musk, rusk, tusk noun bʌskbəsk historical A stay or stiffening strip for a corset. Example sentencesExamples - I run a small cottage industry in Edinburgh, Scotland, hand making corset bones and corset busks.
- These busks are flexible and create a smooth curved front to the corset whilst providing very firm structure and closure.
- A corset busk consists of two long pieces of steel, one with steel knobs and the other one steel loops/eyes.
Origin Late 16th century: from French busc, from Italian busco 'splinter' (related to French bûche 'log'), of Germanic origin. verbbəskbəsk [no object]1Perform music or other entertainment in the street or another public place for monetary donations. the group began by busking on Philadelphia sidewalks Example sentencesExamples - Anton came over to him when he was busking for the new orphanage that he is intending to build in Kenya, and promised his support to the project.
- I have sung it in schools, at conferences, even busking.
- Shoppers couldn't believe their eyes when they spotted a world-famous band busking in a Manchester street.
- I'll probably make more money busking if I take him along with me.
- Soon after her return she saw a group of street musicians busking in the Latin Quarter.
- Marc has become as much a part of city centre landscape as the cathedral after 18 years busking on the streets.
- Apparently he busked on Grafton Street with his African hand-drum!
- Three months ago he was unemployed, busking on the mean streets of Glasgow and Edinburgh to scrape together a living.
- In fact, they stand to make less than they would busking on the street.
- At 19 he moved to London where he developed his idiosyncratic style while busking in the London Underground.
- Some songs were written while in high school; some were written while busking on the streets of Seattle.
- There was a South American band busking, the type with the pan pipes, flutes and drums.
- There was the coin throwing, maybe meant as a donation to my busking I think.
- If you want free music go down to the street corner and listen to the man busking for loose change.
- Musicians of all kinds were busking and selling their music on CD, also there were live puppet shows.
- But he is just as likely to be spotted busking on a Senegalese street corner.
- The pair often went out busking in various towns, individually and together, but soon realised it was when they played together that the crowds built up.
- Mr Robinson said he had been horrified to watch the Boxing Day disaster unfold and was desperate to raise money from busking as he could not afford to give any cash himself.
- Before his career took off he did several odd jobs to pay the rent - busking on London's underground and peeling potatoes in a fish and chip shop.
- Now in the business for over 13 years, Kíla have come a long way since they started busking on the streets.
2busk itinformal Improvise. Example sentencesExamples - I ended up busking it because he was that desperate to do it.
- The dice tells us to write a song and busk it in public the following day.
- I think we'll set off for France and just busk it.
- It was to march into situations with nothing more than your bus fare home, and busk it.
- Mary Lou's new album finds her back on the tracks busking and belting.
- He busks it for a few seconds and then apologises for having to refer to his notes, written on a small, folded piece of paper, which he is holding.
- ‘Basically the Prime Minister had to busk it because he wasn't sure what different parts of the Government were saying,’ said another.
- It was more I was fed up with busking it, which you are not really allowed to say if you are a doctor.
- Goldsmith's opinion has the look and feel of a very clever lawyer busking it, with the best help he can get from some other non-authoritative lawyers.
- What seems to me disturbing is that they appear not really to have considered how to go about government at all before actually taking power, and have been busking it like their kickbacks depended on it.
Origin Mid 17th century: from obsolete French busquer ‘seek’, from Italian buscare or Spanish buscar, of Germanic origin. Originally in nautical use in the sense ‘cruise about, tack’, the term later meant ‘go about selling things’, hence ‘go about performing’ (mid 19th century). nounbəskbəsk historical A stay or stiffening strip for a corset. Example sentencesExamples - I run a small cottage industry in Edinburgh, Scotland, hand making corset bones and corset busks.
- A corset busk consists of two long pieces of steel, one with steel knobs and the other one steel loops/eyes.
- These busks are flexible and create a smooth curved front to the corset whilst providing very firm structure and closure.
Origin Late 16th century: from French busc, from Italian busco ‘splinter’ (related to French bûche ‘log’), of Germanic origin. |