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.]

busker busk'er n.

[Brit] one who entertains esp by singing or reciting on the street or in a pub

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing)

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - underholde på gaden, underholde på undergrundsstationen

2.
n. - blanchet, korsetstiver

Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - jouer/chanter (d'un instrument) dans les rues

2.
n. - baleine (d'un corset)

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - auf der Straße für Geld musizieren, (mar.) umherkreuzen

2.
n. - Korsettstäbchen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παίζω μουσικό όργανο σε δημόσιο χώρο (για να εισπράξω χρήματα)
n. - μπαλένα κορσέ

Italiano (Italian)
prepararsi, stecca

Português (Portuguese)
v. - tocar e dançar na rua ou em lugar público para ganhar dinheiro, aprontar, preparar
n. - barbatana (f) do espartilho

Русский (Russian)
играть/петь на улице

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - cantar o tocar música en la calle

2.
n. - interpretación musical

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - uppträda som gatumusikant
n. - planschett

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 沿街卖艺, 以劣等货欺骗乡下人

2. 鲸骨, 钢丝等, 妇女胸衣

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. intr. - 沿街賣藝, 以劣等貨欺騙鄉下人

2.
n. - 鯨骨, 鋼絲等, 婦女胸衣

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - 준비하다

2.
n. - 가슴 부분을 버티는 살대, 코르셋

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 大道芸をする
n. - 胸部の張り枠

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮ניגן במקום ציבורי, אסף נדבות בבידור‬
n. - ‮חוט או רצועה רצועת חיזוק במחוך‬

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