(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: '~' can also be used as the plural form for meaning 1.
1.
You can refer to people as ~ or ~s.
Country ~ can tell you that there are certain places which animals avoid...
...old ~s.
= people
N-PLURAL: usu with supp
2.
You can refer to your close family, especially your mother and father, as your ~s. (INFORMAL)
I’ve been avoiding my ~s lately.
N-PLURAL: usu poss N
3.
You can use ~s as a term of address when you are talking to several people. (INFORMAL)
This is it, ~s: the best record guide in the business.
N-VOC
4.
Folk art and customs are traditional or typical of a particular community or nation.
...traditional Chinese ~ medicine.
ADJ: ADJ n
5.
Folk music is music which is traditional or typical of a particular community or nation.
...Irish ~ music.
ADJ: ADJ n
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Folk is also a noun.
...a variety of music including classical, jazz, and ~.
N-UNCOUNT
6.
Folk can be used to describe something that relates to the beliefs and opinions of ordinary people.
Jack was a ~ hero in the Greenwich Village bars...
ADJ: ADJ n