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Wagon definition

wăgən
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A four-wheeled, usually horse-drawn vehicle with a large rectangular body, used for transporting loads.
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A child's low, four-wheeled cart hauled by a long handle that governs the direction of the front wheels.
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A small table or tray on wheels used for serving drinks or food.

A dessert wagon.

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The Big Dipper.
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(chiefly british) An open railway freight car.
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A light automotive transport or delivery vehicle.
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A station wagon.
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A police patrol wagon.
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Any of various types of four-wheeled vehicles.
  • A horse-drawn vehicle for hauling heavy loads.
  • A small cart pulled or steered by means of a pole handle and used by children in play.
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(brit.) A railroad freight car.
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To carry or transport (goods) by wagon; move or go in a wagon.
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A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads.
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A freight car on a railway.
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A child's riding toy, four-wheeled and pulled or steered by a long handle in the front.
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(US, Australia, slang) A station wagon (SUV).
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(slang) A paddy wagon.
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A truck, or lorry.
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(Ireland, slang, dated, derogatory) A derogatory term for a woman; bitch; slapper; cow.
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To transport by means of a wagon.
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(intransitive) To travel in a wagon.
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To transport or undergo transportation by wagon.
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(slang) off the wagon
  • No longer abstaining from alcoholic beverages.
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(slang) on the wagon
  • Abstaining from alcoholic beverages.
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fix someone's wagon
  • to hurt someone in some way so as to be revenged for a wrong, insult, etc.
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hitch one's wagon to a star
  • to aspire to lofty goals; aim high
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on (or off) the wagon
  • no longer (or once again) drinking alcoholic liquors
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the Wagon
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Noun

Singular:
wagon
Plural:
wagons

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

on (<i>or</i> off) the wagon
the Wagon

Origin of wagon

  • Middle English waggin from Middle Dutch wagen wegh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Dutch wagen, waghen, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz. Compare the inherited doublet wain.

    From Wiktionary

Wagon Sentence Examples

  • He climbed onto the wagon and sat on its edge.

  • The wagon groaned into a slow roll.

  • The wagon strained forward.

  • He eyed the space beside her on the wagon seat suspiciously.

  • Tucking a wayward strand of curly brown hair back into her bun, she replaced her hat and wrapped the lead lines around the wagon break.

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