Definition of wagon
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: 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
on the wagon
: in or into a state of no longer abstaining from alcoholic beverages
fell off the wagon
: in or into a state of abstaining from alcoholic beverages
wagon
verb
wagoned; wagoning; wagons
Definition of wagon (Entry 2 of 2)
: to travel or transport goods by wagon
: to transport (goods) by wagon
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The first known use of wagon was in the 15th century
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