[buhsk] 
| 1. | Chiefly British. to entertain by dancing, singing, or reciting on the street or in a public place. |
| 2. | Canadian. to make a showy or noisy appeal. |
| busk (bŭsk) intr.v. busked, busk·ing, busks To play music or perform entertainment in a public place, usually while soliciting money. [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.] busk'er n. |