Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: uptown
IPA transcription: ['ʌpt'aʊn]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: uptown
    Meaning: of or located in the upper part of a town; "uptown residential areas"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: uptown
    Meaning: a residential part of town away from the central commercial district
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: uptown
    Meaning: toward or in the upper part of town
Usage examples
  • "Uptown?"
  • Roast beef is a cosmopolitan habit, and knows no arbitrary boundaries; so I went uptown.
  • "Tim Lacy told me he got some once from a croaker uptown and fed 'em to his girl in soda water.
  • She had expected resistance or a stubborn refusal to move. When they reached the corner and took the car it was nearly full of people going uptown.