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wagon
[wag-uhn]
noun
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.
Synonyms: , , , , ,Informal.station wagon.
a police van for transporting prisoners; patrol wagon.
The fight broke up before the wagon arrived.
(initial capital letter)Charles's Wain.
British.a railway freight car or flatcar.
Archaic.a chariot.
verb (used with object)
to transport or convey by wagon.
verb (used without object)
Also to proceed or haul goods by wagon.
It was strenuous to wagon up the hill.
wagon
1/ ˈæɡə /
noun
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
a railway freight truck, esp an open one
a child's four-wheeled cart
a police van for transporting prisoners and those arrested
See station wagon
an obsolete word for chariot
informalno longer abstaining from alcoholic drinks
informalabstaining from alcoholic drinks
verb
(tr) to transport by wagon
Wagon
2/ ˈæɡə /
noun
another name for the Plough
Other 51Թ Forms
- wagonless adjective
- ˈɲDzԱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of wagon1
Idioms and Phrases
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.
fix someone's wagon, to get even with or punish someone.
He'd better mind his own business or I'll really fix his wagon.
on the wagon, abstaining from a current or former bad habit, as smoking, overeating, excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages, or taking drugs: Also on the water wagon; on the water cart.
She's been on the wagon for a month, now, so please don't offer her a drink.
off the / one's wagon,
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.
circle the wagons. circle.
Example Sentences
Normally I agree with Mr. Plaschke and enjoy his articles, but trading another future star and hitching their wagon to an aged LeBron James appears, to me, to be a big mistake.
The 1910 tourist died of complications after he threw himself into the path of a runaway coal wagon at a South Wales colliery as it rattled towards some children playing in its path.
Under threat from the KKK, he left town in a wagon, covered in hay so he wouldn’t be discovered.
The delaying tactics meant that wagons were stopped from carrying out their rounds and only about 10% of Birmingham's regular daily bin collections were being completed.
Speaking on Thursday, McMahon said 120 wagons had completed their rounds on the day, compared with about 20 a week ago.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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