folk

[[t]fo͟ʊk[/t]]

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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...

These are the folks from the local TV station.

...old folks.

Syn:

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]

`It's a question of money, folks,' I announced...

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.

...South American folk art.

...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 psychology comes closer to the obvious truth than the most sophisticated theories.

Syn:

popular