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busk Definition

busk (busk)

intransitive verb

Brit. to perform for money as a singer or strolling entertainer in public places

busk Related Forms

busk·er noun

busk Usage Examples

Object

  • competition: Owen Sound Celtic Festival Three day annual celtic festival includes a busking competition!
  • session: Got any amusing stories from late night busking sessions by the left lion?
  • license: Do you have any info about busking licenses in general?
  • song: I used to busk that song traveling ' round Europe.
  • scheme: Their sponsorship of LU's busking scheme has reaped nothing but praise.
  • round: Lee Mitchell did the busking rounds of France and Ireland and trod the folk club boards of southern England for more than a decade.

Preposition: on

corner: Over ten years ago, Erdman discovered Hunter who was busking on a street corner in Camden Town, London.

Adjective modifier

few: There were a few more busks in the following weeks, and the year ended with two concerts.

Modifying Another Word

  • just: John the spent the next ten years just busking around.
  • regularly: Simon regularly busks in the square and it had been felt he should have the chance of playing here today.
  • there: You always insist on busking there, and I foolishly left the guitar at home.

Followed by a transitive particle

around: There've been quite a few characters busking around Notts over the years.

Used with why or when

when: There was an occasion when the Appellant was busking when AW was left alone for a long period.

Preposition: in

  • street: With no savings, Haydn eked out an existence in Vienna, giving music lessons by day and busking in the streets by night.
  • subway: So she still busks in subways at three in the morning.
  • center: Shouldn't we,for example, be doing more busking in town centers?

Preposition: for

  • living: Whilst traveling in 1998 around Europe Sarah lived in strange tipi villages, caves and suchlike whilst busking for a living.
  • time: Father-of-two Mr Hearty, said: " I've been busking for a long time.