folks

folks

see folk

Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"folks." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 05 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/folks>.

APA Style

folks. (n.d.). Retrieved December 05th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/folks

Noun

plural form of folk
The members of one's household; especially one's parents and immediate family.
My folks visit us at Christmas.
People in general; everybody or anybody.
Lots of folks like to travel during the holidays.

English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"folks." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 05 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/folks>.

APA Style

folks. (n.d.). Retrieved December 05th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/folks

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

What do your folks think?
Where are all the folks going?
Most folks just call me Clara.
Lots of the folks on the street had poor teeth and most of their clothes were practically rags.
There were men and women, but no children at all, and the folks were all beautifully formed and attractively dressed and had wonderfully handsome faces.

Also Mentioned In

Words near folks in the dictionary