wagon
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noun \ˈwa-gən\Definition of WAGON
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a : a usually four-wheeled vehicle for transporting bulky commodities and drawn originally by animals b : a lighter typically horse-drawn vehicle for transporting goods or passengers c : paddy wagon
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British : a railway freight car
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: a low four-wheeled vehicle with an open rectangular body and a retroflex tongue made for the play or use of a child
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: a small wheeled table used for the service of a dining room <the dessert wagon>
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: a delivery truck <a milk wagon>
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— off the wagon
: in or into a state of no longer abstaining from alcoholic beverages <fell off the wagon>
— on the wagon
: in or into a state of abstaining from alcoholic beverages
See Examples of WAGON
- Pioneers crossed the American Midwest in wagons.
- He pulled his stuffed animals around in a little red wagon.
Origin of WAGON
Dutch wagen, from Middle Dutch — more at wain
First Known Use: 15th century
2wagon
verbDefinition of WAGON
intransitive verb
: to travel or transport goods by wagon
transitive verb
: to transport (goods) by wagon
First Known Use of WAGON
1606
wagon
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Four-wheeled vehicle designed to be drawn by draft animals. Wagons have been used from the 1st century BC; early examples used spoked wheels with metal rims, pivoted front axles, and linchpins to secure the wheels. Ninth-century improvements in suspension made the wagon preferable to the two-wheeled cart, especially for carrying freight and agricultural produce.
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