Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dog town

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English

Syllables: dog -town
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A community of prairie dogs.

noun

A town at which a play is performed for a less important audience to gauge the likelihood of general success.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"This ferret feeds on prairie dogs and lives in their abandoned burrows; although it will feed on other small prey, it never thrives away from the dogtowns."
"He's rehearsing his first-born for a dog-town opening next week."
"And speaking of Mr. Sloan, I note that he believes Chicago is taking New Haven's place as a dog-town."

Etymology

(theatrical): See try it on the dog.

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

dog towns (plural) dogtown (alternative)

Questions

What does dog town mean?: A community of prairie dogs.
Where does dog town come from?: (theatrical): See try it on the dog.

How to pronounce dog town

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