folks
See also: Folks
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /foʊks/, (nonstandard) /foʊlks/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəʊks/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊks
Noun
folks pl (plural only)
- The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents
- My folks visit us at Christmas.
- (US) People in general; everybody or anybody.
- 2006 Oct. 1, Dennis Lehane, "Refugees", The Wire, 00:32:06:
- Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say and don't say from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight.
Carcetti: I do this right, they respect it.
Wilson: An' if they don't, at least they get to see a beggin'-ass white man on his knees. Always a feel-good moment for the folks.
- Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say and don't say from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight.
- Lots of folks like to travel during the holidays.
- 2006 Oct. 1, Dennis Lehane, "Refugees", The Wire, 00:32:06:
- (US, slang, rare, southern Louisiana) The police.
Translations
immediate family, parents in particular
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people — see people
police — see police
Noun
folks
- plural of folk
Derived terms
- but seriously folks
- different strokes for different folks
- just folks
- just-folks
- just plain folks
- regular folks
- that's all, folks
Related terms
- folk
Etymology 2
Coined by California historian Kevin Starr.
Noun
folks pl (plural only)
- (California) Late 19th and early 20th century migrants to California from Iowa and other parts of the Midwestern United States.
- 2007, Kevin Starr, California: A History, Modern Library, →ISBN, page 182:
- McPherson's healing ministry, in fact. was at the core of her success, since so many of the Folks had come to Southern California in late middle or old age in the hope of regaining lost health.
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Danish
Noun
folks n
- indefinite genitive singular of folk
- indefinite genitive plural of folk
Noun
folks c
- indefinite genitive singular of folk
Old Norse
Noun
folks
- genitive singular of folk
Scots
Noun
folks
- plural of folk
Swedish
Noun
folks
- indefinite genitive plural of folk.
- indefinite genitive singular of folk.