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folk
[fohk]
noun
(used with a plural verb)Usually folks. people in general.
Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer.
(used with a plural verb)Often folks. people of a specified class or group.
country folk; poor folks.
(used with a plural verb)people as the carriers of culture, especially as representing the composite of social mores, customs, forms of behavior, etc., in a society.
The folk are the bearers of oral tradition.
Informal.folks,
members of one's family; one's relatives.
All his folks come from France.
one's parents.
Will your folks let you go?
Synonyms: , , , ,Archaic.a people or tribe.
adjective
of or originating among the common people.
folk beliefs; a folk hero.
having unknown origins and reflecting the traditional forms of a society.
folk culture; folk art.
folk
/ əʊ /
noun
(functioning as plural; often plural in form) people in general, esp those of a particular group or class
country folk
informal(functioning as plural; usually plural in form) members of a family
informal(functioning as singular) short for folk music
a people or tribe
(modifier) relating to, originating from, or traditional to the common people of a country
a folk song
Other Word Forms
- ˈڴDZ쾱 adjective
- ˈڴDZ쾱ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of folk1
Word History and Origins
Origin of folk1
Idioms and Phrases
just folks, (of persons) simple, unaffected, unsophisticated, or open-hearted people.
He enjoyed visiting his grandparents because they were just folks.
Example Sentences
Lundes still has bitter memories of his childhood, but he’s also found a kind of peace with his folks, and has forgiven them for not being there for him when he was a boy.
Wealthy people employed "thief takers" to guard their property, whilst ordinary folk had to make do with volunteer watchmen, who focused on the more basic task of keeping order.
“They’re just getting folks that look like our community and taking them and questioning them.”
Tom Carroll stopped by to better understand how the folks are feeling.
I started the program in October of 2023, when I was going into the store not knowing what anything meant, and then getting to know the folks who work there.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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