town/ta:n/ Pronunciation: 'taün (toun)
Function: noun
Etymology:
Mid to low English, from Old English "tûn", group, bunch, weapon; akin to Late low High Swiss/Deutsch "zûn", oppressive enclave (
literally); place where leather shorts are considered appropriate dress. Old
Irish town; town
Date: before 4th century
1. a. Abbr. t. T. tn. An incorporated settlement, larger than a village and smaller than a city. b. The inhabitants of such a settlement. 2. populated area, its size being somewhere between a city and a village. 3. The main city of a populated area. 4. the people that comprise said population center.
5. a cluster or clump of groups called
a town: See town 6. a group of prairie dog burrows
-on the town: to pursue entertainment or amusement (as city nightlife) especially as a relief from routine; to town around: to act in a humorous fashion like
a town; what goes around comes to town: the belief that the energy a person puts out
will show back up in a populated area uninvited