busking
present participle ofbusk
busk
verb[I]
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Playing music
- accompaniment
- accompany
- air guitar
- beatsomethingout
- beatbox
- blow
- pick
- picksomeone/somethingout
- pitch
- play (something) by earidiom
- playability
- playable
- pump
- roof
- tap
- transpose
- transposition
- ultra-smooth
- vibe
- wah-wah
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Singing
Examplesofbusking
busking
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
In areas wherebuskingis not licensed, however, the status inversion model does not and cannot apply.
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For some,buskingis a way of making a few quid in the holidays.
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Its corollary, a 'legitimate' performance, is performance in a space set aside for such an activity, like a concert hall or even a licensedbuskingpitch.
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That's all right,buskingis.
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This alone is reason enough to assert that, for the performers themselves as well as for their passing audience,buskingis a liminal activity within a wider social self-location.
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And yet there they are,busking.
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Buskingis a sophisticated and complex business of appropriating, maintaining, and exploiting liminal space in which those epiphenomena that are not strictly musical have a clear performative and territorial function.
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Buskinghas not been permitted for years, but buskers have not vanished because it is illegal.
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It raises concerns surrounding the provisions relating to the film industry andbusking.
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I want to deal with some of the detail of the legislation as regardsbusking.
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The provisions that remain deal with parking, public health, licensing,busking, bus lane offences and some miscellaneous matters.
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That is not its intention, although we need to ensure thatbuskingis undertaken responsibly.
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He and a group of friends beganbuskingon the street and playing neighborhood theaters and flea markets.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A circus agent saw himbuskingand hired him for three years.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many fundraising events, such asbuskingand cake sales have occurred throughout the past year to help the cause.
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