Busk

Word BUSK
Character 4
Hyphenation busk
Pronunciations /bʌsk/

Definitions and meanings of "Busk"

What do we mean by busk?

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

To get ready; prepare; equip; dress: as, to busk a fish-hook.

To use; employ.

To get ready and go; hasten; hurry.

To cruise as a pirate.

To earn a livelihood by going about singing, playing, and selling ballads, or as an acrobat, juggler, etc., in public houses, steamboats, on the street, etc.

A stiffened body-garment, as a doublet, corset, or bodice. noun

A flexible strip of wood, steel, whalebone, or other stiffening material, placed in the front of stays to keep them in form. noun

An Indian feast of first fruits. noun

An obsolete form of bush. noun

To seek; hunt up and down; cast about; beat about.

Nautical, to beat to windward along a coast; cruise off and on.

A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset. noun

Among the Creek Indians, a feast of first fruits celebrated when the corn is ripe enough to be eaten. The feast usually continues four days. On the first day the new fire is lighted, by friction of wood, and distributed to the various households, an offering of green corn, including an ear brought from each of the four quarters or directions, is consumed, and medicine is brewed from snakeroot. On the second and third days the men physic with the medicine, the women bathe, the two sexes are taboo to one another, and all fast. On the fourth day there are feasting, dancing, and games. noun

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

To go; to direct one's course. verb

To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport verb

To tack, to cruise about. verb

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

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

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

(by extension) A corset.

To perform on the street by singing, playing an instrument, juggling, being a human statue...ect Urban Dictionary

Public performance for tips. Urban Dictionary

To perform some form of entertainment for money on the streets (usually musical). Urban Dictionary

Adj. 1. Completely out of control, outrageous, in a grotesque fashion. Usually used in reference to an act of partying or sexual relations. Urban Dictionary

Playing music in the streets for money. you don't have to be homeless to participate. Urban Dictionary

A king on the bus Urban Dictionary

Verb (Bus- Key): To ditch your friends for a girl you have little or no chance with, yet remain to pursue. A one sided crush. Also see "gay best friend" Urban Dictionary

The exquisite art of pretending you are looking for something to do at work whilst actually having fuck all to do. Avoiding management intervention by appearing to assist colleagues with their work. Urban Dictionary

A white trash person. A buske person likes to drive lifted trucks, go braffing while wearing Carharrt jackets, and drink Mountain Dew with other buske's. Urban Dictionary

To lack the ability to ejaculate at an adequate speed. Urban Dictionary

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The word "busk" in example sentences

Jamieson (Scottish Dictionary) says: "The term busk is employed in a beautiful proverb which is very commonly used in Scotland, 'A bonny bride is soon busked. '" ❋ Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 (1891)

Jamieson (Scottish Dictionary) says: "The term busk is employed in a beautiful proverb which is very commonly used in Scotland, ❋ Samuel Smiles (1858)

To busk is to play music on the street or subway, likely with an instrument case laid open so passersby can toss money in appreciation. ❋ Steve Dollar (2011)

Indeed, her laudable anxiety to be tidy and compact in her own conscience as well as in the public eye, gave rise to one of her most startling evolutions, which was to grasp herself sometimes by a sort of wooden handle (part of her clothing, and familiarly called a busk), and wrestle as it were with her garments, until they fell into a symmetrical arrangement. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The schoolmistress in those days wore what was called a busk -- a flat piece of lancewood, hornbeam, or some other like tough and elastic wood, thrust into a sort of pocket or sheath in her dress, which came up almost to the chin and came down below the waist. ❋ George Frisbie Hoar (1865)

This look was achieved by inserting a skinny piece of bone or wood, called a busk, in a corset extending from the chest to low on the abdomen and forcing the body into an "S" shape. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Would it not be well if we were to celebrate such a "busk," or "feast of first fruits," as Bartram describes to have been the custom of the Mucclasse Indians? ❋ Unknown (1854)

These "people of the one fire" celebrated the "busk," in an 8-day ceremonial rebirth of the mind and spirit, by repairing the temple and grounds, and the cleaning of houses. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Bragin has even distributed handbills encouraging the public to busk around the Lincoln Center campus after the 4:30 p.m. rehearsal—where the songs will be announced—and before the 7:30 p.m. showtime. ❋ Steve Dollar (2011)

He likened the busk in spirit to the 2009 event that saw 216 electric guitarists fill the campus to play a symphony by composer Rhys Chatham , or the dancers who fill the campus for various Midsummer Night Swing concerts. ❋ Steve Dollar (2011)

If he ever attempted to busk it, things went quickly haywire. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I'm touring with a band this tour but I'm constantly reminding everyone, hey, I could go down to the subway and busk if I had to make a living, I promise. ❋ Mike Ragogna (2011)

We would all have 36 hours to blag, beg and busk our way around the globe. ❋ Unknown (2011)

She used to busk with River as a three-year-old to raise money for their family. ❋ Unknown (2011)

There are many buskers on [Grafton] Street today. My favorite singer always wears a purple [jacket] when he performs songs by [the Beatles]. ❋ MMH (2005)

[Mimes], Jugglers, Statues, Contortionists, Break dance crews, Poets, Bucket Drummers, Guitar/harmonica/shakers/[hulahooping] all at the same timers, etc. "I give a tip to every [busker] I see." ❋ Emery Carl (2005)

There are [a lot] of [busking] opportunities in [San Francisco]. ❋ Ninahage (2006)

The dude was totally busk having consumed a keg of [Bud Light] and three [cartons] of [clove] cigarettes in two hours. He then ate 4 racks of ribs and went home. ❋ JJJ Strau (2006)

every day when I walk [to school] there is a man busking [in the tunnel] -- and when I return at night he is still there, singing [love songs] from the bottom of his heart ❋ Anonymous (2002)

Person: [what does] busking mean? Me: It means [a king] [on the bus]. ❋ Yilong Ma (2023)

Man, I though [Ryan] would be at [the Tavern] last night. No, he's [pulling] another Buske. ❋ Sanchez (2004)

Hey John what do you fucking want you [busker] get out of here and do some [real work] stop your [busking]. ❋ Razorcharlie (2015)

That is [one] buske son-bitch! ❋ BuskeBuskeBuske (2008)

James "Dude, I think we should go, Sean isn't going to make it" [Stefan] "Why, man.. [whats wrong]?" James "He's taking [too long] to Busk" ❋ Dr. Do0M (2010)

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