to busk
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8.1
- verb
- /bʌsk/
:
tocar en la calle
- On weekends, I often busk in the city center to earn some extra money.
- busking on the streets
- busking for money
Examples
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And on Wednesday, more hope—vendors began erecting tents all over the main pedestrian street of the city, the spot that we had already earmarked as the most likely place for us to busk, should enough people arrive.
Blog text (3) -
I got a photo of him entranced with a fiddler, busking for loose change.
Blog text (1) -
And I read that you used to busk as a break dancer.
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I really think we could busk our way to fame and fortune.
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We did a lot of busking in the streets without permits, and I remember a few times being stopped by police.
Blog text (7) -
So I busked the streets, but it didn't get me anywhere.
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As incoming freshmen in college, we would like to try to pay for part of the trip by busking from town to town if possible.
Blog text (13) -
And walking along the sidewalk one day, he hears A drummer busking on the street.
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The next time I saw them, I was busking in front of St. Paul's, so I started to play 'The Blackbird,' just to see what would happen, and sure enough, they came over to talk to me.
Fiction book (1997) -
The influx of people and money on Saturdays also brought in the region's bluesmen who busked in the streets or were paid to play in front of businesses in the New World to attract customers.
Academic text (2018)
Antonyms
- Archaic
To stop doing an activity, especially to stop playing music for good
How Public
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word busk likely comes from the Spanish word buscar, which means 'to seek'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a street performer 'seeking' money or attention, so to busk is to play in public and ask for money.