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BUSK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does busk mean?
• BUSK (verb)
The verb BUSK has 1 sense:
1. play music in a public place and solicit money for it
Familiarity information: BUSK used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Play music in a public place and solicit money for it
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
three young men were busking in the plaza
Hypernyms (to "busk" is one way to...):
play (play on an instrument)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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