folk

Definition

  • noun: people in general
  • noun: a group of kindred tribes forming a nation
  • used to talk to a group of people in a friendly and informal way
  • synonyms: people, community, tribe

Examples

  • He has become a 'folk hero' in his home state because of the work he has done to help poor children.

  • He doesn't much care for city 'folk'. [=people who live in a city]

  • His 'folks' gave him everything a kid could want.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) He looks as if, as if he knows what I look like without my shimmy! Scarlett! Why, my dear, he isn't received! He spends a lot of time up North... ...because his folks in Charleston won't even speak to him. He was expelled from West Point, he's so fast. And then there's that business (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind
  • (..) and be good, and eat just a little, honey. No. I'm going to have a good time today and do my eating at the barbecue. If you don't care what folks says about this family, I does! I has told you and told you that you can always tell a lady... ...by the way she eats with folks. Like a bird! (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind