Wagon Definition
wăgən
wagons
noun
wagons
Any of various types of four-wheeled vehicles.
Webster's New World
A child's low, four-wheeled cart hauled by a long handle that governs the direction of the front wheels.
American Heritage
A small table or tray on wheels used for serving drinks or food.
A dessert wagon.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
A railroad freight car.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- coaster wagon
- station-wagon
- station waggon
- beach waggon
- estate-car
- waggon
- beach-wagon
- Charles's Wain
- plough
- wain
- dipper
- big-dipper
- black-maria
- patrol wagon
- paddy-wagon
verb
wagons
To transport or undergo transportation by wagon.
American Heritage
To carry or transport (goods) by wagon; move or go in a wagon.
Webster's New World
idiom
off the wagon
- No longer abstaining from alcoholic beverages.
American Heritage
on the wagon
- Abstaining from alcoholic beverages.
American Heritage
fix someone's wagon
- to hurt someone in some way so as to be revenged for a wrong, insult, etc.
Webster's New World
hitch one's wagon to a star
- to aspire to lofty goals; aim high
Webster's New World
on (<i>or</i> off) the wagon
- no longer (or once again) drinking alcoholic liquors
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Wagon
Noun
Singular:
wagonPlural:
wagonsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Wagon
- off the wagon
- on the wagon
- fix someone's wagon
- hitch one's wagon to a star
- on (or off) the wagon
- the Wagon
Origin of Wagon
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From Dutch wagen, waghen, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz. Compare the inherited doublet wain.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English waggin from Middle Dutch wagen wegh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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