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All 4 letters words made out of busk

busk ubsk bsuk sbuk usbk subk buks ubks bkus kbus ukbs kubs bsku sbku bksu kbsu skbu ksbu uskb sukb uksb kusb skub ksub

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Definitions and meaning of busk

busk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʌsk/
• 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)

1. (intransitive) To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To sell articles such as obscene books in public houses etc.
3. (nautical) To tack, cruise about.

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from French busc, from Italian busco (“splinter”).

Noun

busk (plural busks)

1. A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
2. (by extension) A corset.

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Etymology 3

Etymology unknown.

Noun

busk

1. (obsolete) A kind of linen.

Translations

Etymology 4

From Middle English busken, from Old Norse búask.

Verb

busk (third-person singular simple present busks, present participle busking, simple past and past participle busked)

1. (transitive, Northern England, Scotland) To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress.
2. (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)

1. bush

Declension

References

• “busk” in Den Danske Ordbog

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)

1. 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)

1. a bush or shrub

Derived terms

• solbærbusk

References

• “busk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”). Compare Old Saxon busk, Old English busc, bysc, Old Norse buskr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bus̠k/

Noun

busk m

1. bush

Descendants

• Middle High German: busch, bosch
  • German: Busch

Yola

Etymology

Perhaps from Middle English bisquyte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊsk/

Noun

busk (plural buskès)

1. A thick, small cake made of white meal, spiced bread.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 28