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.
Informal. station wagon.
a police van for transporting prisoners; patrol wagon: The fight broke up before the wagon arrived.
(initial capital letter)Astronomy. Charles's Wain.
British. a railway freight car or flatcar.
Archaic. a chariot.
to transport or convey by wagon.
Also especially British, waggon . to proceed or haul goods by wagon: It was strenuous to wagon up the hill.
Idioms about wagon
circle the wagons. circle (def. 23).
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.
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.
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.
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.
Origin of wagon
1Other words for wagon
Other words from wagon
- wag·on·less, adjective
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How to use wagon in a sentence
My brother, Michael Deets, about four years older than myself, was among the first that wagoned on the pike.
The Old Pike | Thomas B. SearightThe hogsheads used for rolling in this manner were constructed much more substantially than those wagoned or transported by boat.
Tobacco in Colonial Virginia | Melvin HerndonSo, all the ore taken out had to be wagoned, from the mine to the mill at Wickenburg, at a cost of ten dollars per ton.
Across America | James F. RuslingSome valuable stores were also captured, and wagoned off to Hartsville.
History of Morgan's Cavalry | Basil W. Duke
British Dictionary definitions for wagon (1 of 2)
waggon
/ (ˈwæɡən) /
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
British a railway freight truck, esp an open one
US and Canadian a child's four-wheeled cart
US and Canadian a police van for transporting prisoners and those arrested
mainly US and Canadian See station wagon
an obsolete word for chariot
off the wagon informal no longer abstaining from alcoholic drinks
on the wagon informal abstaining from alcoholic drinks
(tr) to transport by wagon
Origin of wagon
1Derived forms of wagon
- wagonless or waggonless, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for Wagon (2 of 2)
Waggon
/ (ˈwæɡən) /
the Wagon another name for the Plough
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Other Idioms and Phrases with wagon
see fix someone's wagon; hitch one's wagon; on the bandwagon; on the wagon.
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