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• present participle of busk.

busking

American  

[buhs-king] / bʌs kɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or practice of entertaining by dancing, singing, juggling, etc., on the street or in a public place.

   When I lived and studied in London for a year and a half, I brought my guitar along and did some busking in the streets.

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adjective

1. engaged in this kind of public entertainment.

   My interviewee was late meeting me in the square, so while waiting I struck up a conversation with a busking musician.

Etymology

Origin of busking

First recorded in 1770–80; busk ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. ) for the noun; busk ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. ) for the adjective

Example Sentences

We are tsk tsking vaccine chasers and line skippers and trading tales of side effects.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2021

They all, of course, gave time to Prince Charles’s coronavirus diagnosis — stop tsking.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2020

As I hand over doorknob and screw to the man and ring the bell, another man in a flap-eared cap appears at my elbow, tsking and tutting and rolling his eyes like a disappointed hobbit.

From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2010

Mrs. Baylor shook her head slowly, tsking at the same time.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

Back she went to her pencil and pad, scribbling and tsking and tearing off sheets, finally giving up, and taking up her New York Times.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez