folk
folk1 S2 W3 /fəʊk $ foʊk/ noun
- [plural] (also folks) especially American English people:
- I’m sure there are some folk who would rather they weren’t here.
- Thanks to the folks at NBC.
- Wait till the folks back home hear about this!
- young/old folk British English old-fashioned:
- Young folk these days don’t know the meaning of work.
- folks [plural]
- a) especially American English your parents and family:
- Is it OK if I call my folks?
- b) used when talking to a group of people in a friendly way:
- That’s all for now, folks.
- country/farming etc folk [plural] (also country etc folks American English) literary people who live in a particular area or do a particular kind of work:
- [uncountable] FOLK MUSIC:
gooseberry
goose·ber·ry /ˈɡʊzbəri, ˈɡuːz-, ˈɡuːs- $ ˈɡuːsberi/ noun (plural gooseberries)
[countable]
- a small round green fruit that grows on a bush and has a sour taste
- be a gooseberry (also play gooseberry British English) informal to be with two people who are having a romantic relationship and who want to be alone together
lilac
li·lac /ˈlaɪlək/ noun
- [countable] a small tree with pale purple or white flowers
- [uncountable] a pale purple colour SYN mauve
— lilac adjective:
erect
e·rect1 /ɪˈrekt/ adjective
- in a straight upright position:
- Martin stood erect on the platform.
- an erect PENIS or NIPPLE is stiff and bigger than it usually is because a person is sexually excited
accost
ac·cost /əˈkɒst $ əˈkɒːst, əˈkɑːst/ verb [transitive] written
to go towards someone you do not know and speak to them in an unpleasant or threatening way:
- He was accosted by four youths and forced to give them all his money.