Definition of busk

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busk    (bsk) KEY 

intr.v.
busked, busk·ing, busks

To play music or perform entertainment in a public place, usually while soliciting money.

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ETYMOLOGY:
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

OTHER FORMS:
busker(Noun)