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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wag•on /ˈwægən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Transporta four-wheeled vehicle, esp. one for the movement or carrying of heavy loads.
- Transport, Informal Terms station wagon.
- British Termsa railway freight car or flatcar.
Idioms- Idioms, Slang Terms fix someone's wagon, [Informal.]to get even with or punish someone.
- Idioms off the wagon, [Informal.]drinking alcoholic beverages again after a period of having abstained.
- Idioms on the wagon, [Informal.]no longer drinking alcoholic beverages.
Also, [esp. Brit.,] ˈwag•gon. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wag•on (wag′ən),USA pronunciation n. - Transportany 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.
- Transport[Informal.]See station wagon.
- a police van for transporting prisoners;
patrol wagon:The fight broke up before the wagon arrived. - Astronomy(cap.) Charles's Wain. See Big Dipper.
- British Termsa railway freight car or flatcar.
- a baby carriage.
- [Archaic.]a chariot.
- American History circle the wagons. See circle (def. 21).
- 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 wagon, [Slang.]again drinking alcoholic beverages after a period of abstinence.
- British Terms on the wagon, [Slang.]abstaining from alcoholic beverages. Also, on the water wagon* on the water cart.
v.t. - to transport or convey by wagon.
v.i. - to proceed or haul goods by wagon:It was strenuous to wagon up the hill.Also,[esp. Brit.,] waggon.
- Dutch wagen; cognate with Old English wægn wain
- 1505–15
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cart, van, wain, truck, dray, lorry.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wagon, waggon /ˈwæɡən/ n - 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
- Brit a railway freight truck, esp an open one
- US Canadian a child's four-wheeled cart
- an obsolete word for chariot
- off the wagon ⇒ informal no longer abstaining from alcoholic drinks
- on the wagon ⇒ informal abstaining from alcoholic drinks
Etymology: 16th Century: from Dutch wagen wainˈwagonless, ˈwaggonless adj wag•gon (wag′ən),USA pronunciation n., v.t., v.i. [Chiefly Brit.]- British Termswagon.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: waggon /ˈwæɡən/ n , vb - a variant spelling (esp Brit) of wagon
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