wagon

[ wag-uhn ]

/ ˈwæg ən /

noun

any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.

Informal. station wagon.

a police van for transporting prisoners; patrol wagon: The fight broke up before the wagon arrived.

(initial capital letter) Astronomy. Charles's Wain.

British. a railway freight car or flatcar.

a baby carriage.

Archaic. a chariot.

verb (used with object)

to transport or convey by wagon.

verb (used without object)

to proceed or haul goods by wagon: It was strenuous to wagon up the hill. Also especially British, waggon.

Idioms for wagon

circle the wagons. circle(def 23).

fix someone's wagon, Slang. to get even with or punish someone: He'd better mind his own business or I'll really fix his wagon.

hitch one's wagon to a star, to have a high ambition, ideal, or purpose: It is better to hitch one's wagon to a star than to wander aimlessly through life.

off the/one's wagon, Slang.

again drinking alcoholic beverages after a period of abstinence: His failure to show up at work is one more sign that he’s fallen off the wagon again.
returning to an unhealthy or bad habit: I’m usually on a diet, but sometimes I go off my wagon.

on the wagon, Slang. abstaining from a current or former bad habit, as smoking, overeating, excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages, or taking drugs: She's been on the wagon for a month, now, so please don't offer her a drink. Also on the water wagon; British, on the water cart.

Origin of wagon

1505–15; < Dutch wagen; cognate with Old English wægn wain

SYNONYMS FOR wagon

1 cart, van, wain, truck, dray, lorry.

OTHER WORDS FROM wagon

wag·on·less, adjective

Words nearby wagon

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British Dictionary definitions for hitch one's wagon to a star (1 of 2)

Wagon

Waggon

/ (ˈwæɡən) /

noun

the Wagon another name for the Plough

British Dictionary definitions for hitch one's wagon to a star (2 of 2)

wagon

waggon

/ (ˈwæɡən) /

noun

any of various types of wheeled vehicles, ranging from carts to lorries, esp a vehicle with four wheels drawn by a horse, tractor, etc, and used for carrying crops, heavy loads, etc

British a railway freight truck, esp an open one

US and Canadian a child's four-wheeled cart

US and Canadian a police van for transporting prisoners and those arrested

mainly US and Canadian See station wagon

an obsolete word for chariot

off the wagon informal no longer abstaining from alcoholic drinks

on the wagon informal abstaining from alcoholic drinks

verb

(tr) to transport by wagon

Derived forms of wagon

wagonless or waggonless, adjective

Word Origin for wagon

C16: from Dutch wagen wain

Idioms and Phrases with hitch one's wagon to a star (1 of 2)

hitch one's wagon to a star

Aim high, as in Bill's hitching his wagon to a star—he plans to be a partner by age thirty. This metaphoric expression was invented by essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1870.

Idioms and Phrases with hitch one's wagon to a star (2 of 2)

wagon

see fix someone's wagon; hitch one's wagon; on the bandwagon; on the wagon.

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wagon

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Waggon

noun

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waggon

noun

verb

Derived forms of wagon

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wagon

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Idioms for wagon

Origin of wagon

SYNONYMS FOR wagon

OTHER WORDS FROM wagon

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Waggon

noun

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waggon

noun

verb

Derived forms of wagon

Word Origin for wagon

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