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单词 folkie
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Definition of folkie in English:

folkie

noun ˈfəʊkiˈfoʊki
informal
  • A singer, player, or fan of folk music.

    the record's pretty good for an old folkie
    as modifier folkie bands
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The folkies decried his ‘abandonment’ of their movement, and chastised him with a vitriolic fury that bordered on possession.
    • She has a folkie's unjaded commitment to social justice, a punk's DIY ethic, and the incandescent charisma of a born pop star.
    • It would be a little rash to dismiss Bragg and his Terminals as just another troupe of pop-sensitive, heart-on-sleeve folkies.
    • There was the icy refusal to be claimed by folkies, protesters, rockers, popsters or, indeed, anybody.
    • I'd have liked to hear a record of new sensitive folkies who feel the influence of Tim and admiration for Jeff.
    • He refused to be pigeon-holed by the folkies, the protesters or the rockers.
    • And like the old folkies, Franti now talks about his music as a community-building project.
    • Unlike Seeger and so many of the northern folkies, Guthrie's bond to the ‘common folk’ was forged from personal experience.
    • In fact, the folkies ' fetishization of past forms ends up being more ethno-musicological librarianship than anything else.
    • Nine artists - ranging from electronic acts, folkies and experimental rockers - gather on this album to pay tribute to Black Sabbath.
    • On disc two, he's the sensitive folkie heard on last year's All Her Love.
    • Frosh folkies will probably dig it, nonetheless.
    • There's nothing folkies like more than forming folkie supergroups.
    • You young people and your bass-lines are ruining it for us old folkies.
    • Imagine if Joni Mitchell had teamed up with some British folkies like Nick Drake and John Martyn in the early seventies.
    • It's been a good couple of years for once-lost folkies.
    • Bob Dylan and other up-and-coming folkies made the pilgrimage and sang for him there.
    • But there's a lot more of John Lennon's pensive melodicism than Paul Simon's simpering folkie affectation in Smith's music.
    • Earle's audience is a combination of alt-country, Texas fans who have stayed with him on his eccentric ride, roots rockers, and adventuresome folkies.
    • I can do without the strident folkie version of the overexposed folk standard ‘This Train’, but all in all, this is a pretty decent re-issue.
    Synonyms
    singer, vocalist, soloist, songstress, crooner, warbler, melodist, artiste

Rhymes

chokey, croaky, folky, hokey, hokey-cokey, hoki, jokey, karaoke, Loki, okey-dokey, Okie, pokey, poky, smoky, trochee
 
 

Definition of folkie in US English:

folkie

nounˈfoʊkiˈfōkē
informal
  • A singer, player, or fan of folk music.

    the record's pretty good for an old folkie
    as modifier folkie bands
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She has a folkie's unjaded commitment to social justice, a punk's DIY ethic, and the incandescent charisma of a born pop star.
    • There was the icy refusal to be claimed by folkies, protesters, rockers, popsters or, indeed, anybody.
    • There's nothing folkies like more than forming folkie supergroups.
    • It's been a good couple of years for once-lost folkies.
    • I'd have liked to hear a record of new sensitive folkies who feel the influence of Tim and admiration for Jeff.
    • Bob Dylan and other up-and-coming folkies made the pilgrimage and sang for him there.
    • In fact, the folkies ' fetishization of past forms ends up being more ethno-musicological librarianship than anything else.
    • Frosh folkies will probably dig it, nonetheless.
    • But there's a lot more of John Lennon's pensive melodicism than Paul Simon's simpering folkie affectation in Smith's music.
    • The folkies decried his ‘abandonment’ of their movement, and chastised him with a vitriolic fury that bordered on possession.
    • Imagine if Joni Mitchell had teamed up with some British folkies like Nick Drake and John Martyn in the early seventies.
    • And like the old folkies, Franti now talks about his music as a community-building project.
    • I can do without the strident folkie version of the overexposed folk standard ‘This Train’, but all in all, this is a pretty decent re-issue.
    • On disc two, he's the sensitive folkie heard on last year's All Her Love.
    • You young people and your bass-lines are ruining it for us old folkies.
    • Nine artists - ranging from electronic acts, folkies and experimental rockers - gather on this album to pay tribute to Black Sabbath.
    • It would be a little rash to dismiss Bragg and his Terminals as just another troupe of pop-sensitive, heart-on-sleeve folkies.
    • He refused to be pigeon-holed by the folkies, the protesters or the rockers.
    • Unlike Seeger and so many of the northern folkies, Guthrie's bond to the ‘common folk’ was forged from personal experience.
    • Earle's audience is a combination of alt-country, Texas fans who have stayed with him on his eccentric ride, roots rockers, and adventuresome folkies.
    Synonyms
    singer, vocalist, soloist, songstress, crooner, warbler, melodist, artiste
 
 
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