folk
♦ folk /f'oʊk/ (folks)
folk can also be used as the plural form for meaning 1.
1 [N-PLURAL] usu with supp
You can refer to people as folk or folks.
Country folk can tell you that there are certain places which animals avoid...
...old folks.
= people
2 [N-PLURAL] usu poss N
You can refer to your close family, especially your mother and father, as your folks. (INFORMAL)
I've been avoiding my folks lately.
3 [N-VOC]
You can use folks as a term of address when you are talking to several people. (INFORMAL)
This is it, folks: the best record guide in the business.
4 [ADJ] ADJ n
Folk art and customs are traditional or typical of a particular community or nation.
...traditional Chinese folk medicine.
5 [ADJ] ADJ n
Folk music is music which is traditional or typical of a particular community or nation.
...Irish folk music.
[N-UNCOUNT]
Folk is also a noun.
...a variety of music including classical, jazz, and folk.
6 [ADJ] ADJ n
Folk can be used to describe something that relates to the beliefs and opinions of ordinary people.
Jack was a folk hero in the Greenwich Village bars...folk song (folk songs)
also folksong
[N-COUNT]
A folk song is a traditional song that is typical of a particular community or nation.
folk can also be used as the plural form for meaning 1.
1 [N-PLURAL] usu with supp
You can refer to people as folk or folks.
Country folk can tell you that there are certain places which animals avoid...
...old folks.
= people
2 [N-PLURAL] usu poss N
You can refer to your close family, especially your mother and father, as your folks. (INFORMAL)
I've been avoiding my folks lately.
3 [N-VOC]
You can use folks as a term of address when you are talking to several people. (INFORMAL)
This is it, folks: the best record guide in the business.
4 [ADJ] ADJ n
Folk art and customs are traditional or typical of a particular community or nation.
...traditional Chinese folk medicine.
5 [ADJ] ADJ n
Folk music is music which is traditional or typical of a particular community or nation.
...Irish folk music.
[N-UNCOUNT]
Folk is also a noun.
...a variety of music including classical, jazz, and folk.
6 [ADJ] ADJ n
Folk can be used to describe something that relates to the beliefs and opinions of ordinary people.
Jack was a folk hero in the Greenwich Village bars...folk song (folk songs)
also folksong
[N-COUNT]
A folk song is a traditional song that is typical of a particular community or nation.