Main Entry: ¹wag·on

Pronunciation: \ˈwa-gən\

Function: noun

Etymology: Dutch wagen, from Middle Dutch — more at wain

Date: 15th century

1 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
2 British : a railway freight car
3 : a low four-wheeled vehicle with an open rectangular body and a retroflex tongue made for the play or use of a child
4 : a small wheeled table used for the service of a dining room <the dessert wagon>
5 : a delivery truck <a milk wagon>
6 : station wagon

— 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