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# busk

verb (busk, busks, busked, busking)

«busk» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To busk is to play music, sing, juggle or perform in a public place, such as a street or station, for money from people passing by. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/busk/#m1)
2. (informal) To busk it is to improvise, to do something without preparing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/busk/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life buskers perform in town centres and underground stations; people drop coins in a hat or guitar case, and some places need a permit. In music lessons busking is a way young musicians practise in public. Phrases: go busking, a busker, busk it.

### Examples

- A man was busking with his guitar outside the station. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/busk/#x1)
- People threw coins into the busker's hat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/busk/#x2)
- My big brother busks at the market on Saturdays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/busk/#x3)
- You may need a licence to busk in some cities. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/busk/#x4)
- The juggler busked for the crowd in Covent Garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/busk/#x5)
- I forgot my notes, so I had to busk it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/busk/#x6)
- She started busking at fifteen and is now a famous singer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/busk/#x7)

### Note

The person is a busker; the activity is busking. Forms: busked, busking. Mostly UK, Irish and Australian English, but understood everywhere.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «busk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/busk/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«busk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/busk.html) on Mova free.