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
Browse dictionary entries near busk
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- ‹ businessman
- ‹ businesslike
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- ‹ business school
- ‹ business sales and inventories
- ‹ business process management
- ‹ business plan
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