[
US
/ˈfoʊks/
]
[ UK /fˈəʊks/ ]
[ UK /fˈəʊks/ ]
NOUN
-
people in general (often used in the plural)
folks around here drink moonshine
the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next
they're just country folk -
your parents
he wrote to his folks every day
How To Use folks In A Sentence
- In 1949, "pseudo folksongs" were banned by Dalstroi, the Gulag mining camps in Kolyma. Not so secret: deal at the heart of UK-US intelligence
- You submit to subterfuge, you replace your ordinary parents by a little less ordinary, but still quite ordinary folks, Katrien and the commissaris. Just a Corpse at Twilight
- Whereas some folks consider brown dwarfs the duds of the galaxy, astronomers see beauty in these substellar embers.
- We're living through a deeply contradictory time when black folks (and what's left of the unions) are the Dems only truly reliable voting block, and yet every other manifesto for Democratic revitalization is some kind of attenuated, okie-doke Souljah-moment retread. Gary Dauphin: ATT(5)-1=CBC(3)+CHC(1)
- Many folks have stated in many ways that even if CxP had had all of Shuttles bucks for the past five years, CxP wouldn't be any better off than it is now, because of mismanagement & misspending. Minor Damage Seen on Atlantis - NASA Watch
- He had been trying to persuade me to disregard what he termed the obstinacy of the old folks, and said impatiently: Nick Baba's Last Drink and Other Sketches
- We have the superdelegates who are the 796 folks who are unpledged.
- It's Thursday folks, and clearly my "uploading slowly all afternoon" was kiboshed yesterday. Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites
- Folks may crow all they want about the roar of Niagara or the growlin’ of the sea—but give me a splendacious peal o’ stormbrewed thunder and your other nat’ral music is no more than a penny whistle is to a church organ! Nevermore
- The concluding Allegro has a rollicking, folksy character, complete with a drone-like accompaniment.