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Definitions for Wagon

[1] any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
[2] Informal . station wagon.
[3] a police van for transporting prisoners; patrol wagon: The fight broke up before the wagon arrived.
[4] (initial capital letter ) Astronomy . Charles's Wain.
[5] British . a railway freight car or flatcar.
[6] a baby carriage.
[7] Archaic . a chariot.
[8] to transport or convey by wagon.
[9] to proceed or haul goods by wagon: It was strenuous to wagon up the hill. Also especially British , waggon.
[10] circle the wagons . circle(def 23) .
[11] fix someone's wagon , Slang . to get even with or punish someone: He'd better mind his own business or I'll really fix his wagon.
[12] hitch one's wagon to a star , to have a high ambition, ideal, or purpose: It is better to hitch one's wagon to a star than to wander aimlessly through life.
[13] off the /one's wagon , Slang . again drinking alcoholic beverages after a period of abstinence: His failure to show up at work is one more sign that he’s fallen off the wagon again. returning to an unhealthy or bad habit: I’m usually on a diet, but sometimes I go off my wagon.
[14] on the wagon , Slang . abstaining from a current or former bad habit, as smoking, overeating, excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages, or taking drugs: She's been on the wagon for a month, now, so please don't offer her a drink. Also on the water wagon; British , on the water cart.
[15] any of various types of wheeled vehicles, ranging from carts to lorries, esp a vehicle with four wheels drawn by a horse, tractor, etc, and used for carrying crops, heavy loads, etc
[16] British a railway freight truck, esp an open one
[17] US and Canadian a child's four-wheeled cart
[18] US and Canadian a police van for transporting prisoners and those arrested
[19] mainly US and Canadian See station wagon
[20] an obsolete word for chariot
[21] off the wagon informal no longer abstaining from alcoholic drinks
[22] on the wagon informal abstaining from alcoholic drinks
[23] (tr) to transport by wagon
[24] the Wagon another name for the Plough

Words related to Wagon

caravan, carriage, van, car, cart, chariot, lorry, coach, buggy, dray, caisson, wain, buckboard, pushcart, tram, schooner, camion, tumbril, barouche, fourgon

Words nearby Wagon

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Origin of Wagon

1505–15; < Dutch wagen; cognate with Old English wægn wain

Other words from Wagon

wag·on·less , adjective

Word origin for Wagon

C16: from Dutch wagen wain

Synonyms for Wagon

caravan, carriage, buckboard, buggy, caisson, coach, dray, pushcart, wain, buck wagon