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folk
[ fohk ]
noun
- Usually folks. (used with a plural verb) people in general:
Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer.
- Often folks. (used with a plural verb) 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.
- folks, Informal.
- 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
Derived Forms
- ˈڴDZ쾱, adjective
- ˈڴDZ쾱ness, noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of folk1
Word History and Origins
Origin of folk1
Idioms and Phrases
- just folks, Informal. (of persons) simple, unaffected, unsophisticated, or open-hearted people:
He enjoyed visiting his grandparents because they were just folks.
More idioms and phrases containing folk
see just folks .Example Sentences
And senior Labour folk too are cranking up the gloom in the conversations I have with them.
Unusually, they perform most of their lyrics in Irish, reclaiming the language from rural folk music.
In a powerful moment of social resistance during these vexing times, Springsteen led the inductees in a passionate rendition of Woody Guthrie’s folk anthem, “This Land Is Your Land.”
I’m sure if I check my phone there will be another dozen texts from folks.
The music was ragged but soulful, and as at every Bryan gig, it inspired folks in the crowd to scream his lyrics into each other’s faces.
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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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