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 Definitions of Wagon  [ˈwæg ən]  

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Definition of 'Wagon' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) wagon
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.

2.  wagon
a patrol wagon.

3. (v.t.) wagon
to transport or convey by wagon.

4. (v.i.) wagon
to proceed or haul goods by wagon.

5.  wagon
Informal. to get even with or punish someone.

6.  wagon
Informal. again drinking alcoholic beverages after a period of abstinence.

7.  wagon
Informal. currently abstaining from alcoholic beverages.

Etymology:  (1505–15; < D wagen, c. OE wægnwain)

Definition of 'Wagon' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) wagon, waggon
any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor

2. (noun) police van, police wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, wagon, black Maria
van used by police to transport prisoners

3. (noun) Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon
a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

4. (noun) wagon, coaster wagon
a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting

5. (noun) beach wagon, station wagon, wagon, estate car, beach waggon, station waggon, waggon
a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat


Definition of 'Wagon' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) wagon
a vehicle, used in the past, pulled by horses to carry people and their possessions
a covered wagon

2.  wagon
a rectangular container with wheels that a child pulls
***a boy pulling a red wagon


Definition of 'Wagon' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Wagon
a wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise

2. (noun) Wagon
a freight car on a railway

3. (noun) Wagon
a chariot

4. (noun) Wagon
the Dipper, or Charles's Wain

5. (verb) Wagon
to transport in a wagon or wagons; as, goods are wagoned from city to city

6. (verb) Wagon
to wagon goods as a business; as, the man wagons between Philadelphia and its suburbs



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