busk meaning

Definition of busk

1. play music in a public place and solicit money for it
   • three young men were busking in the plaza

   Type of: play

busk in a sentence

• He started his musical career by busking in the town square.
• Though I mainly work as a studio musician, I do a little busking to make some extra money.
• How much do you think I could make busking?
• Tom is in love with the woman who busks at the market.
• At this very moment, Tom is busking in a street in a market town somewhere.

How to pronounce busk

busk is pronounced /bʌsk/ in British English and /bʌsk/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with busk

• dusk
• husk
• musk
• tusk