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filked

filked is the simple past and past participle of filk.

Meaning of filk

Verb

filk (third-person singular simple present filks, present participle filking, simple past and past participle filked)

  1. (intransitive) To perform filk music.
    • I could have filked all night1978, Sarah Elizabeth Miller, I Could Have Filked All Night, page 33
  2. (intransitive) To participate in a filk circle, including singing along.
  3. (transitive) To write a parody of (a song).
    • 1997 (?: "July A.S. XXXI") Medieval Melodies for Filking
      However, the practice of filking, of taking an existing melody and providing new, usually topical and/or satirical, lyrics, is in fact the direct counterpart of the Medieval practice of writing contrafacta.

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Questions about filked

What is filked the simple past and past participle of?
Filked is the simple past and past participle of filk.

Words near filked in the dictionary

  1. Filitheyo
  2. filius nullius
  3. filius philosophorum
  4. filk
  5. filkable
  6. filked
  7. filker
  8. filkers
  9. Filkin
  10. filking
  11. Filkins

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