busk

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /bʌsk/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /bʊsk/ Rhymes: -ʌsk === Etymology 1 === Apparently from French busquer or Spanish buscar. ==== Verb ==== busk (third-person singular simple present busks, present participle busking, simple past and past participle busked) (intransitive, especially UK) To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport. (transitive, obsolete) To sell articles such as obscene books in public houses etc. (nautical) To tack, cruise about. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French busc, from Italian busco (“splinter”). ==== Noun ==== busk (plural busks) A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it. (by extension) A corset. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Etymology unknown. ==== Noun ==== busk (obsolete) A kind of linen. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === From Middle English busken, from Old Norse búask, reflexive of búa (“to prepare”); compare bound for a derivation from búa's past participle and basken for a similar formation from an Old Norse reflexive. ==== Verb ==== busk (third-person singular simple present busks, present participle busking, simple past and past participle busked) (transitive, Northern England, Scotland) To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress. (Northern England, Scotland) To go; to direct one's course. ===== Derived terms ===== === Anagrams === Buks, skub == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse buskr, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. === Noun === busk c (singular definite busken, plural indefinite buske) bush Coordinate terms: træ, urt ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “busk” in Den Danske Ordbog “busk” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse buskr, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. Compare with Danish busk, Swedish buske, Icelandic búskur, English bush, Dutch bos, German Busch. === Noun === busk m (definite singular busken, indefinite plural busker, definite plural buskene) a bush or shrub ==== Derived terms ==== kaffebusk solbærbusk === References === “busk” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse buskr, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. See above for comparisons. === Noun === busk m (definite singular busken, indefinite plural buskar, definite plural buskane) a bush or shrub ==== Derived terms ==== solbærbusk === References === “busk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bus̠k/ === Noun === busk m bush ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: busch, bosch German: Busch Luxembourgish: Bësch Yiddish: בוש (bush) == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English bisquyte, from Old French bescuit. Cognate with English bisket. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʊsk/ (later) IPA(key): /bosk/ === Noun === busk (plural buskès) A thick, small cake made of white meal, spiced bread. === References ===