wagon
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1wag·on

noun \ˈwa-gən\

Definition of WAGON

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
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

Examples of WAGON

  1. Pioneers crossed the American Midwest in wagons.
  2. 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

Related to WAGON

Rhymes with WAGON

2wagon

verb

Definition 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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