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filks

filks is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 filks

What is filks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Filks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of filk.

Words near filks in the dictionary

  1. filker
  2. filkers
  3. Filkin
  4. filking
  5. Filkins
  6. filks
  7. filksing
  8. filksinger
  9. filksingers
  10. filksinging
  11. filksings

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