Definition: 1. People in general. 2. A social division of (usually preliterate) people. 3. People descended from a common ancestor. 4. The traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community.
Use 'folk' in a sentence:
1. Ask yourself what the folks in Peoria will think of it.
2. Warren Buffett, the good natured financier, became a homespun folk hero, without the tools and overalls.
3. There was something distinctly Norwegian in folk tales from Norway.
4. This is it, folks: the best record guide in the business.
5. Jack was a folk hero in the Greenwich Village bars.
6. Traditional and folk remedies are often labelled as snake oil and witches' potions.
7. A military band played Russian marches and folk tunes.
8. The programme is 90 minutes of dynamic Indian folk dance, live music, and storytelling.
9. He liked to use the glissando as his hallmark, which he probably got from listening to Croatian folk music.
10. The programme is 90 minutes of dynamic Indian folk dance, live music and storytelling.
11. To learn more about Chinese culture, Jack has decided to take Chinese folk music as an elective course.
12. 'Hi folks,' he said breezily.
13. Country folk can tell you that there are certain places which animals avoid.
14. I don't know what those folk think they are playing at.
15. That's why poor folk can afford to have them.
16. Wait a minute, folks, something is wrong here.
17. Folk art covers a wide range.
18. He likes to hear folk talk about him.
19. Romantics looked at folk tales as sort of a reflection of the soul of the people.
20. Some of the cottages were still lived in by old folk; others had been turned into barns and storehouses.
21. 'It's a question of money, folks,' I announced.
22. These are the folks from the local TV station.
23. I'd die myself before I'd let anyone enslave your folk ever again.
24. I've been avoiding my folks lately.
25. They will act out some folk dances.
26. How are your folks?
27. Only now did the old folk venture out to sun themselves.
28. I can't understand why folks complain about false teeth.
29. But first let's go over the various types of folk tale and focus specifically on Norwegian folk tales since they illustrate the variety pretty well.
30. The folk songs of Uygur sound beautiful and are widely sung.
31. We need more folk heroes like we need a hole in the head.
32. The most moving music is Chinese folk music.
33. They are perhaps more at home in folk songs, in popular tales and the ritual dramas of films.
34. Folk etymology has created the cheeseburger and the beanburger, but the first hamburgers were in fact named after the city of Hamburg.
35. At first he went around to document the folk music.
36. Chinese paper cutting, or jianzhi, is a kind of folk art.
37. Folk psychology comes closer to the obvious truth than the most sophisticated theories.
38. Proverbs, sometimes called sayings, are examples of folk wisdom.
39. Garlic is widely used in Chinese folk medicine.
40. The second category of Norwegian folk tale is the supernatural.
41. The third main kind of folk tale is the comical story.
42. That's distinct contrast from the other main branch of popular storytelling, which is folk tales.
43. Popular music evolved from folk songs.
44. You didn't just schlep your guitar around from folk club to folk club.
45. I'd like a job working with old folk or kids.
46. The entertainment was provided by a folk band.
47. I have always been regarded as a foreigner by the local folk.
48. The word 'volk' translates literally as 'folk'
49. These folks clearly take this ballroom thing very seriously.
50. Detailed study of folk music from a variety of countries reveals many close parallels.
51. He arranged traditional folk songs for the piano.
52. The music was a hybrid of Western pop and traditional folk song.
