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ALL meanings of wagon

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  • noun wagon horse-drawn vehicle 1
  • noun wagon child's toy vehicle 1
  • noun wagon freight carriage 1
  • noun wagon 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. 1
  • noun wagon Informal. station wagon. 1
  • noun wagon a police van for transporting prisoners; patrol wagon: The fight broke up before the wagon arrived. 1
  • noun wagon (initial capital letter) Astronomy. Charles's Wain. 1
  • noun wagon British. a railway freight car or flatcar. 1
  • noun wagon a baby carriage. 1
  • noun wagon Archaic. a chariot. 1
  • verb with object wagon to transport or convey by wagon. 1
  • verb without object wagon to proceed or haul goods by wagon: It was strenuous to wagon up the hill. Also, especially British, waggon. 1
  • idioms wagon circle the wagons. circle (def 23). 1
  • idioms wagon 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. 1
  • idioms wagon 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. 1
  • idioms wagon 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. 1
  • idioms wagon 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. 1
  • noun wagon A vehicle used for transporting goods or another specified purpose. 1
  • countable noun wagon A wagon is a strong vehicle with four wheels, usually pulled by horses or oxen and used for carrying heavy loads. 0
  • countable noun wagon A wagon is a large container on wheels which is pulled by a train. 0
  • noun wagon 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 0
  • noun wagon a railway freight truck, esp an open one 0
  • noun wagon a child's four-wheeled cart 0
  • noun wagon a police van for transporting prisoners and those arrested 0
  • verb wagon to transport by wagon 0
  • noun wagon any of various types of four-wheeled vehicles 0
  • noun wagon a horse-drawn vehicle for hauling heavy loads 0
  • noun wagon a small cart pulled or steered by means of a pole handle and used by children in play 0
  • noun wagon patrol wagon 0
  • noun wagon station wagon 0
  • noun wagon a railroad freight car 0
  • verb transitive wagon to carry or transport (goods) by wagon; move or go in a wagon 0
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