Associations to the word «Uptown»

Wiktionary

UPTOWN, noun. (chiefly North America) the residential part of a city, away from the commercial center
UPTOWN, adverb. (US) To or in the upper part of a town.

Dictionary definition

UPTOWN, noun. A residential part of town away from the central commercial district.
UPTOWN, adverb. Toward or in the upper part of town.
UPTOWN, adjective. Of or located in the upper part of a town; "uptown residential areas".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats