Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. folks(noun)

   your parents

   "he wrote to his folks every day"

2. folk, folks, common people(noun)

   people in general (often used in the plural)

   "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. folks(Noun)

   The members of one's household; especially one's parents and immediate family.

   My folks visit us at Christmas.

2. folks(Noun)

   People in general; everybody or anybody.

   Lots of folks like to travel during the holidays.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Folks

   in Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe

2. Folks

   people in general, or a separate class of people; -- generally used in the plural form, and often with a qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks

3. Folks

   the persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all well

Origin: [AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel. flk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E. follow.]

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of folks in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of folks in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. President Trump:

   A loss is not acceptable, folks.

2. Tom McGinley:

   These folks grew up with reality TV.

3. Barbra Streisand:

   Thirty years ago... Folks, times up.

4. John Palguta:

   You’ve got to feel bad for these folks.

5. James Russell Lowell:

   Folks never understand the folks they hate.

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