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wag·on  (wgn)

n.

1. A four-wheeled, usually horse-drawn vehicle with a large rectangular body, used for transporting loads.

2.

a. A light automotive transport or delivery vehicle.

b. A station wagon.

c. A police patrol wagon.

3. A child's low, four-wheeled cart hauled by a long handle that governs the direction of the front wheels.

4. A small table or tray on wheels used for serving drinks or food: a dessert wagon.

5. Wagon The Big Dipper

6. Chiefly British An open railway freight car.

tr. & intr.v. wag·oned, wag·on·ing, wag·ons

To transport or undergo transportation by wagon.

Idioms:

off the wagon Slang

No longer abstaining from alcoholic beverages.

on the wagon Slang

Abstaining from alcoholic beverages.

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[Middle English waggin, from Middle Dutch wagen; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

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wagon or waggon

Noun

1. a four-wheeled vehicle used for carrying heavy loads, sometimes pulled by a horse or tractor

2. an open railway freight truck

3. a lorry

4. on the wagon Informal abstaining from alcoholic drink [Dutch wagen]

wagoner
waggoner n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wagon - any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor waggon axletree - a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve bandwagon - a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band; "the gaudy bandwagon led the circus parade" cart - a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal chuck wagon - a wagon equipped with a cookstove and provisions (for cowboys) Conestoga, Conestoga wagon, covered wagon, prairie schooner, prairie wagon - a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century ice wagon, ice-wagon - (formerly) a horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door lorry - a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides milk wagon, milkwagon - wagon for delivering milk tramcar, tram - a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; "a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine" wagon wheel - a wheel of a wagon wain - large open farm wagon water waggon, water wagon - a wagon that carries water (as for troops or work gangs or to sprinkle down dusty dirt roads in the summertime) wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC"
	2.	wagon - van used by police to transport prisoners black Maria, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, police van, police wagon van - a truck with an enclosed cargo space
	3.	Wagon - a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major Big Dipper, Charles's Wain, Plough, Wain, Dipper Great Bear, Ursa Major - a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star
	4.	wagon - a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting coaster wagon wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC"
	5.	wagon - a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat beach waggon, beach wagon, estate car, station waggon, station wagon, waggon auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" shooting brake - another name for a station wagon tailboard, tailgate - a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading

Translations

wagon, waggon [ˈwægən] n (horse-drawn) → chariot m;

(Brit) (Rail) → wagon m (de marchandises)

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wagon, waggon [ˈwægən] n (horse-drawn) → Fuhrwerk nt;

(Brit) (Rail) → Wa(g)gon m

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wagon, waggon [ˈwægən] n (horse-drawn) → carro (= truck); furgone m;

(BRIT ) (RAIL) → vagone m (merci)