Busk Definition

bŭsk
busking, busks
verb
To perform for money as a singer or strolling entertainer in public places.
Webster's New World

To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress.

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To go; to direct one's course. [Obs.]

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(nautical) To tack, to cruise about.

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noun

A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.

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(by extension) A corset.

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(obsolete) A kind of linen.

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Other Word Forms of Busk

Noun

Singular:
busk
Plural:
busks

Origin of Busk

  • 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

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French busc, by dissimilation from buste from Italian busto.

    From Wiktionary

  • Apparently from French busquer or Spanish buscar.

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  • From Middle English busken, from Old Norse búask

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  • Etymology unknown

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