folks
1folks — folks; folks·i·ly; folks·i·ness; grand·folks; folks·ey; …
2folks — index populace Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3folks — (n.) people of one s family, 1715, colloquial, from plural of FOLK (Cf. folk) …
4folks — [n] family brood, clan, horde, household, kin, parents, people, relatives, tribe; concepts 296,378,397 …
5Folks — Folk Folk (f[=o]k), Folks Folks (f[=o]ks), n. collect. & pl. [AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel. f[=o]lk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E. follow.] 1. (Eng. Hist.) In Anglo Saxon times, the people of a… …
6folks — noun a) The members of ones household; especially ones parents and immediate family. My folks visit us at Christmas. b) People in general; everybody or anybody. Lots of folks like to travel during the holidays. See Also: folk …
7folks — This is an informal, even archaic, term for people, folk, relatives, or race. Just folks and plain folks are trite phrases implying simplicity and unpretentiousness. Folksy is an informal term for sociable or genial : The President is a sociable… …
8folks — n. one’s parents. (Always with the possessive.) □ I’ll have to ask my folks if I can go. □ Her folks are sort of mad at her …
9folks — noun 1. your parents (Freq. 1) he wrote to his folks every day • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑kin, ↑kin group, ↑kinship group, ↑ …
10Folks — pl n 1. one s parents; 2. persons of one s own family; one s relatives: My folks are having a big bash tonight …
