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wag·on      [wag-uhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.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.Informal. station wagon.
3.a police van for transporting prisoners; patrol wagon: The fight broke up before the wagon arrived.
4.(initial capital letter) Astronomy. Charles's Wain. Big Dipper.
5.British. a railway freight car or flatcar.
6.a baby carriage.
7.Archaic. a chariot.
–verb (used with object)
8.to transport or convey by wagon.
–verb (used without object)
9.to proceed or haul goods by wagon: It was strenuous to wagon up the hill. Also, especially British, waggon.
—Idioms
10.circle the wagons. circle (def. 23).
11.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.
12.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.
13.off the wagon, Slang. again drinking alcoholic beverages after a period of abstinence.
14.on the wagon, Slang. abstaining from alcoholic beverages. Also, on the water wagon; British, on the water cart.
[Origin: 1505–15; < D wagen; c. OE wægn wain]

—Related forms
wag·on·less, adjective

—Synonyms 1. cart, van, wain, truck, dray, lorry.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source
wag·on       (wāg'ən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A four-wheeled, usually horse-drawn vehicle with a large rectangular body, used for transporting loads.
    1. A light automotive transport or delivery vehicle.
    2. A station wagon.
    3. 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.


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

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source
wagon 
1523, from M.Du. wagen, waghen, from P.Gmc. *wagnaz (cf. O.E. wÊgn, Mod.Eng. wain, O.S., O.H.G. wagan, O.N. vagn, O.Fris. wein, Ger. Wagen), from PIE *woghnos, from *wegh- "to carry, to move" (cf. Skt. vahanam "vessel, ship," Gk. okhos, L. vehiculum, O.C.S. vozu "carriage, chariot," Rus. povozka, Lith. vazis "a small sledge," O.Ir. fen, Welsh gwain "carriage, cart;" see weigh). In Du. and Ger., the general word for "a wheel vehicle;" Eng. use is a result of contact through Flemish immigration, Dutch trade, or the Continental wars. It has largely displaced the native cognate, wain. Spelling preference varied randomly between -g- and -gg- from mid-18c., before Amer.Eng. settled on the etymological wagon, while waggon remained common in Great Britain. Wagon train is attested from 1810. Phrase on the wagon "abstaining from alcohol" is 1904, originally on the water cart.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source
wagon

noun
1. any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by a horse or tractor 
2. van used by police to transport prisoners [syn: police van] 
3. a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major [syn: Big Dipper] 
4. a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting 
5. a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat [syn: beach wagon] 

WordNet® 2.1, © 2005 Princeton University
American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source

wagon

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

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source

Wagon Mound, NM (village, FIPS 83340) Location: 36.00288 N, 104.71431 W
Population (1990): 319 (209 housing units)
Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 87752

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
On-line Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source

wagon

wagon: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary

On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source

Wagon

Heb. aghalah; so rendered in Gen. 45:19, 21, 27; 46:5; Num. 7:3, 7,8, but elsewhere rendered "cart" (1 Sam. 6:7, etc.). This vehicle was used for peaceful purposes. In Ezek. 23:24, however, it is the rendering of a different Hebrew word, and denotes a war-chariot.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source
wagon, waggon1 [ˈwӕgən] noun
a type of four-wheeled vehicle for carrying heavy loads
Example: a hay wagon
Arabic: مَرْكَبَه، عَرَبَة نَقْل
Chinese (Simplified): 四轮运货马车
Chinese (Traditional): 四輪運貨馬車
Czech: vůz
Danish: vogn; -vogn
Dutch: wagen
Estonian: vagun
Finnish: kuormarattaat
French: chariot, charrette
German: der Wagen
Greek: κάρο
Hungarian: szekér
Icelandic: (flutnings)vagn
Indonesian: gerobak
Italian: carro
Japanese: 荷車
Korean: 4륜 마차
Latvian: furgons; rati
Lithuanian: vežimas
Norwegian: vogn
Polish: wóz
Portuguese (Brazil): carroça, carrinho
Portuguese (Portugal): carroça
Romanian: căruţă
Russian: фургон; повозка
Slovak: voz
Slovenian: tovornjak
Spanish: carro
Swedish: vagn, skrinda
Turkish: at, *öküz arabası
wagon, waggon2 [ˈwӕgən] noun
an open railway carriage for goods
Example: a goods wagon
Arabic: عَرَبَة قِطار مَكْشوفَه
Chinese (Simplified): 铁路货车
Chinese (Traditional): 鐵路貨車
Czech: vagón
Danish: godsvogn
Dutch: wagon
Estonian: kaubavagun
Finnish: tavaravaunu
French: wagon (de marchandises)
German: der Waggon
Greek: φορτηγό βαγόνι
Hungarian: tehervagon
Icelandic: vöruflutningavagn
Indonesian: gerbong
Italian: vagone
Japanese: 貨車
Korean: 무개 화차
Latvian: preču vagons; platforma
Lithuanian: platforminis vagonas
Norwegian: godsvogn
Polish: wagon, lora
Portuguese (Brazil): vagão
Portuguese (Portugal): vagão
Romanian: vagon (de marfă)
Russian: вагон-платформа
Slovak: vagón
Slovenian: tovorni vagon
Spanish: vagón
Swedish: godsvagn
Turkish: yük, *eşya vagonu
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.

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