wagon

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)

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

(Brit) (Rail) → Wa(g)gon m

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

(BRIT ) (RAIL) → vagone m (merci)

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wagon

n wagon, waggon [ˈwӕgən]

1 a type of four-wheeled vehicle for carrying heavy loads a hay wagon. wa مَرْكَبَه، عَرَبَة نَقْل вагон vůz vogn; -vogn der Wagen κάρο carro vagun ارابه kuormarattaat chariot, charrette עֲגָלָה चौपहिया छकड़ा kola szekér gerobak (flutnings)vagn carro 荷車 4륜 마차 vežimas furgons; rati wagon wagen vogn wóz carroça căruţă фургон; повозка voz tovornjak teretna kola vagn, skrinda รถสี่ล้อที่ใช้สำหรับขนของ at/öküz arabası 四輪運貨馬車 фургон چار پہیوں والی گاڑی جس سے بار برداری کا کام لیا جاتا ہے xe ngựa; xe bò 四轮运货马车

2 an open railway carriage for goods a goods wagon. wa, trok عَرَبَة قِطار مَكْشوفَه товарен вагон vagón godsvogn der Waggon φορτηγό βαγόνι vagón kaubavagun گاري tavaravaunu wagon (de marchandises) קָרוֹן מִטעָן वैगन vagon tehervagon gerbong vöruflutningavagn vagone 貨車 무개 화차 platforminis vagonas preču vagons; platforma gerabak kereta api terbuka untuk mengangkut barang wagon godsvogn wagon, lora vagão vagon (de marfă) вагон-платформа vagón tovorni vagon teretni vagon godsvagn ตู้สินค้ารถไฟ yük/eşya vagonu 鐵路貨車 вагон-платформа مال گاڑی کا کھلا ہوا ڈبہ toa xe hàng 铁路货车