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folk F0226500 (fōk)n. pl. folk or folks 1. a. The common people of a society or region considered as the representatives of a traditional way of life and especially as the originators or carriers of the customs, beliefs, and arts that make up a distinctive culture: a leader who came from the folk.b. Archaic A nation; a people.2. folks Informal People in general: Folks around here are very friendly.3. often folks People of a specified group or kind: city folks; rich folk.4. folks Informal a. One's parents: My folks are coming for a visit.b. The members of one's family or childhood household; one's relatives.adj. Of, occurring in, or originating among the common people: folk culture; a folk hero.Idiom: just folks Informal Down-to-earth, open-hearted.
[Middle English, from Old English folc; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]folk (fəʊk) n, pl folk or folks1. (functioning as plural; often plural in form) people in general, esp those of a particular group or class: country folk. 2. (functioning as plural; usually plural in form) informal members of a family3. (Music, other) (functioning as singular) informal short for folk music4. a people or tribe5. (Anthropology & Ethnology) (modifier) relating to, originating from, or traditional to the common people of a country: a folk song. [Old English folc; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse, Old High German folk] ˈfolkish adj ˈfolkishness nfolk (foʊk)
n. 1. Usu., folks. (used with a pl. v.) people in general. 2. Often, folks. (used with a pl. v.) people of a specified class or group: country folk; poor folks. 3. (used with a pl. v.) people as the carriers of culture, esp. as representing a society's mores, customs, and traditions. 4. folks, Informal. a. members of one's family; one's relatives. b. one's parents. 5. Archaic. a people or tribe. adj. 6. of or originating among the common people: folk beliefs; folk dances. 7. having unknown origins and reflecting the traditional forms of a society: folk art. [before 900; Middle English; Old English folc] folk′ish, adj. Folk people in general; members of a family. See also kinsfolk.folk folks">folksFolk and folks are sometimes used to refer to particular groups of people. Both these words are plural nouns. You always use a plural form of a verb with them. 1. 'folk'Folk is sometimes used with a modifier to refer to all the people who have a particular characteristic. Country folk are a suspicious lot.She was like all the old folk, she did everything in strict rotation.However, this is not a common use. You usually say country people or old people, rather than 'country folk' or 'old folk'. 2. 'folks'Your folks are your close family, especially your mother and father. This usage is more common in American English than in British English. I don't even have time to write letters to my folks.Vera's visiting her folks up in Paducah.Some people use folks when addressing a group of people in an informal way. This use is more common in American English than in British English. That's all for tonight, folks.They saw me drive out of town taking you folks up to McCaslin.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  folk - people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"common people, folkspeople - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"country people, countryfolk - people raised in or living in a rural environment; rusticsgentlefolk - people of good family and breeding and high social statusgrass roots - the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity)home folk - folks from your own home townragtag, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rabble - disparaging terms for the common peoplepleb, plebeian - one of the common people | | 2. |  folk - a social division of (usually preliterate) peopletribesocial group - people sharing some social relationmoiety - one of two basic subdivisions of a tribephyle - a tribe of ancient Athenians | | 3. |  folk - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, familypeople - members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?"homefolk - the people of your home locality (especially your own family); "he wrote his homefolk every day"house - aristocratic family line; "the House of York"dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same familygens, name - family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"blood line, bloodline, ancestry, lineage, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, parentage, blood, origin, descent, stock, line - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" | | 4. |  folk - the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a communityethnic music, folk musicfolk ballad, folk song, folksong - a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their cultureschottische - music performed for dancing the schottischepopular music, popular music genre - any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)C and W, country and western, country music - a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instrumentsgospel singing, gospel - folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul)square-dance music - music performed for square dancing |
folknoun1. people, persons, humans, individuals, men and women, human beings, humanity, inhabitants, mankind, mortals the innate reserve of country folk2. (usually plural) family, parents, relations, relatives, tribe, clan, kin, kindred I've been avoiding my folks lately.Proverbs
"There's nowt so queer as folk"Translationsfolk (fouk) noun plural (especially American folks) people. The folk in this town are very friendly. 人們 人们 adjective (of the traditions) of the common people of a country. folk customs; folk dance; folk music. 民間的 民间的folks noun plural one's family. My folks all live nearby. 親屬 亲属ˈfolklore noun the study of the customs, beliefs, stories, traditions etc of a particular people. the folklore of the American Indians. 民俗學，民間傳說 民俗学，民间传说 folk
but seriously, folksA statement meant to draw an audience's attention to a point one wishes to make (which may or may not be serious in nature), often used as a segue after a joke, aside, or something that is non-relevant. I just flew in from Miami, and boy are my arms tired! But seriously, folks, how is everyone tonight? I like a good cheeseburger as much as the next guy, but seriously, folks, does anyone really need one that weighs three pounds?See also: but, folkfolk devilSomeone or something that is feared because it is seen as a danger to, or a bad influence on, society. Ever since news of the mayor's cheating scandal broke, he has become the town's folk devil. Now that they think we're a part of a radical group, they are trying to run us out of town like a couple of folk devils!See also: devil, folkthere's nowt so queer as folkThere's nothing as strange as people. This phrase is typically used to emphasize someone's particularly odd behavior. ("Nowt" is a Northern English variation on "naught.") Primarily heard in UK. Whenever someone does something really bizarre, I remind myself that there's nowt so queer as folk.See also: folk, queerdab on them folksAn imperative to celebrate, boast, or show one's superiority by performing the dab, a gesture or dance move in which one nods the head while covering the face with one arm bent at the elbow and the other arm held parallel and outstretched. Dab on them folks out there today! Nobody's stopping you!See also: dab, folk, ondifferent strokes (for different folks)Different people will like or do different things. My mom loves cooking, but I hate being in the kitchen—different strokes for different folks, I guess.See also: different, strokejust folksKind and down-to-earth. They live in a huge mansion, so I really doubt they're just folks, even though they'd like us to believe that they are.See also: folk, justfolks1. slang People, when being considered or referenced in a vague or general way. A lot of folks in town frequent that diner, but I don't like the food there.2. slang One's parents. I told my folks not to come to the matinee—I don't need them embarrassing me at every performance.3. slang One's relatives. I need to get away from my folks, man. This family reunion can't end soon enough!See also: folkhome folks1. slang People from one's home town. Oh yeah, Cynthia and Jim are my home folks—we all grew up together.2. slang One's family members. I need to get away from my home folks, man. The holidays can't end soon enough!See also: folk, homeidle people have the least leisurePeople who are slow to finish their work ultimately have less free time. Idle people have the least leisure, you know. So if you would just write your paper instead of procrastinating, you'd have some time to really relax.See also: have, idle, least, leisure, peopleidle folk have the least leisurePeople who are slow to finish their work ultimately have less free time. Idle folk have the least leisure, you know. So if you would just write your paper instead of procrastinating, you'd have some time to really relax.See also: folk, have, idle, least, leisureDifferent strokes for different folks.Prov. Different people like different things.; Different people live in different ways. My neighbor spends all his free time working in his garden. I would never want to do that, but different strokes for different folks.See also: different, folk, stroke(home) folksRur. one's family, especially one's parents. It sure is good to see the home folks again. Sally went to visit her folks.See also: folkIdle people have the least leisure. and Idle folk have the least leisure.Prov. If you are not energetic and hardworking, you will never have any free time, since you will have to spend all your time finishing your work. My grandmother always told me not to dawdle, since idle people have the least leisure.See also: have, idle, least, leisure, peopledifferent strokes for different folkssee under no accounting for tastes. See also: different, folk, strokejust folksFriendly, unpretentious. For example, Politicians meeting the public like to pretend they are just folks, but that's not always true . [First half of 1900s] See also: folk, justno accounting for tastes, there'sIndividual likes and dislikes defy explanation, as in They painted their house purple-there's really no accounting for tastes. This expression, first put as no disputing about tastes, dates from the mid-1600s; the present wording was first recorded in 1794. A mid-20th-century synonym that originated in the American South is different strokes for different folks. For a far older synonym, see one man's meat. See also: accounting, nodifferent strokes for different folks You say different strokes for different folks to mean that people are all different and have different needs and desires. The federal government has, by tradition, been respectful of local standards in local communities — different strokes for different folks, as they say.See also: different, folk, strokedifferent strokes for different folks different things please or are effective with different people. proverb This chiefly US expression was used as a slogan in the early 1970s in a Texan drug abuse project.See also: different, folk, strokedifferent strokes for different folks phr. different things please different people. Do whatever you like. Different strokes for different folks. See also: different, folk, strokefolks n. one’s parents. (Always with the possessive.) I’ll have to ask my folks if I can go. See also: folk just folks Informal Down-to-earth, open-hearted.See also: folk, justjust folksOrdinary people; unpretentious, down-to-earth individuals. This term has been around since about 1900. Zona Gale used it in Friendship Village (1908): “I see ’em all comin’ from the funeral . . . neighbors an’ friends an’ just folks.” See also man in the street. See also: folk, justno accounting for tastes, there is noEach to his or her own preference. This locution for the inexplicability of likes (and dislikes) began as “there is no disputing about tastes” in the sixteenth century. It was changed to “accounting for” by the early nineteenth century. Anthony Trollope, in the last of his Barset Chronicles (1867), said of Major Grantly as a suitor, “There was . . . no accounting for tastes.” A similar mid-twentieth-century phrase that is on its way to clichédom is different strokes for different folks, which originated in American regional slang. All these are synonymous with the much older proverb, One man’s meat is another’s poison, originating in Roman times and proverbial since about 1700. See also to each his own.See also: accounting, no, thereEncyclopediaSeefolkloreFOLK
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folk
Related to folk: folk rock, Folk talesSynonyms for folknoun peopleSynonyms- people
- persons
- humans
- individuals
- men and women
- human beings
- humanity
- inhabitants
- mankind
- mortals
noun familySynonyms- family
- parents
- relations
- relatives
- tribe
- clan
- kin
- kindred
Synonyms for folknoun people in general (often used in the plural)SynonymsRelated Words- people
- country people
- countryfolk
- gentlefolk
- grass roots
- home folk
- ragtag
- ragtag and bobtail
- riffraff
- rabble
- pleb
- plebeian
noun a social division of (usually preliterate) peopleSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun people descended from a common ancestorSynonyms- family line
- kinfolk
- kinsfolk
- phratry
- sept
- family
Related Words- people
- homefolk
- house
- dynasty
- gens
- name
- blood line
- bloodline
- ancestry
- lineage
- pedigree
- stemma
- line of descent
- parentage
- blood
- origin
- descent
- stock
- line
noun the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a communitySynonymsRelated Words- folk ballad
- folk song
- folksong
- schottische
- popular music
- popular music genre
- C and W
- country and western
- country music
- gospel singing
- gospel
- square-dance music
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