plural folk or folks
1
folk or folks plural
: people generally
2
folk or folks plural
: a certain kind, class, or group of people
old folks
just plain folk
country folk
media folk
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: folk music
5
: the great proportion of the members of a people that determines the group character and that tends to preserve its characteristic form of civilization and its customs, arts and crafts, legends, traditions, and superstitions from generation to generation
6
archaic
: a group of kindred tribes forming a nation : people
1
: originating or traditional with the common people of a country or region and typically reflecting their lifestyle
folk hero
folk music
2
: of or relating to the common people or to the study of the common people
folk sociology
Synonyms
Examples of folk in a Sentence
Noun
Folks say that house is haunted.
Some folks think the law should be changed.
a home for old folks
the distinctive speech of folks from the South
I'll be spending the holidays with my folks.
His folks gave him everything a kid could want.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2024
The group is rounded out by Cyril Guei as Paul Thomas, a Black photographer whose only resemblance to the white Dudman is a background detail about the latter’s time covering Vietnam, which Panh yanks into the foreground at a vital third-act development that treats history like a fluid folk tale.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 May 2024
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Noun
Whether the idea to transition into numbers that slide into/borrow from Latin pop and Mexican folk corridos would help make the movie more accessible — or at the very least more of a Pedro Almodóvar-like mash-up of camp, melodrama, genre stylings and emotional gravitas — is anyone’s guess.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2024
The group is rounded out by Cyril Guei as Paul Thomas, a Black photographer whose only resemblance to the white Dudman is a background detail about the latter’s time covering Vietnam, which Panh yanks into the foreground at a vital third-act development that treats history like a fluid folk tale.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 May 2024
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“Folk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folk. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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folk
2 of 2 adjective
: of, relating to, or originating among the common people of a country or region
folk customs
folk music
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