busk
Plural: busks
Verb
Verb Forms: busked, busking, busks
- To prepare oneself or get ready for something.
- play music in a public place and solicit money for it
- "three young men were busking in the plaza"
- To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
- To sell articles such as obscene books in public houses etc.
- To tack, cruise about.
- To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress.
- To go; to direct one's course.
Noun
- A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
- A corset.
- A kind of linen.
Examples
- Before each Scrabble match, he would BUSK his mind, mentally reviewing word lists.
Origin / Etymology
Apparently from French busquer or Spanish buscar.
Scrabble Score: 10
busk: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbusk: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
busk: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
busk: valid Words With Friends Word