busker
1busker — (n.) itinerant entertainer, 1857, from busk (v.) to offer goods for sale only in bars and taprooms, 1851 (in Mayhew), perhaps from busk to cruise as a pirate, which was used in a figurative sense by 1841, in reference to people living shifless… …
2busker — usk er n. a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing). [Chiefly British] [WordNet 1.5] …
3busker — /ˈbasker, ingl. ˈbʌskə(r)/ [deriv. del v. to busk «intrattenere con esecuzioni musicali nelle strade»] s. m. e f. inv. artista di strada, cantastorie, saltimbanco …
4busker — UK [ˈbʌskə(r)] / US [ˈbʌskər] noun [countable] Word forms busker : singular busker plural buskers British someone who performs music in the streets and other public places for money …
5busker — [[t]bʌ̱skə(r)[/t]] buskers N COUNT A busker is a person who sings or plays music for money in streets and other public places. [BRIT] …
6busker — busk ► VERB 1) play music in the street for voluntary donations. 2) (busk it) informal improvise. DERIVATIVES busker noun. ORIGIN from obsolete French busquer seek …
7Busker Alley — Infobox Musical name= Busker Alley caption= Poster for planned Broadway production music= Richard M. Sherman lyrics= Robert B. Sherman book=AJ Carothers basis= 1938 film St. Martin s Lane productions= 1994 US tour 1995 Broadway Canceled 2006 NY… …
8busker — noun Etymology: busk, probably from Italian buscare to procure, gain, from Spanish buscar to look for Date: 1857 chiefly British a person who entertains in a public place for donations • busk intransitive verb …
9busker — a fisherman who dares all weathers (Cornish dialect) …
10busker — See busk. * * * …