on wagon
ən 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.
5.
British. a railway freight car or flatcar.
verb (used with object)
8.
to transport or convey by wagon.
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verb (used without object)
Idioms 9.
to proceed or haul goods by wagon: It was strenuous to wagon up the hill. Also, especially British, waggon.
10.
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.
Related forms
wag·on·less, adjective
Synonyms
1. cart, van, wain, truck, dray, lorry.
1. cart, van, wain, truck, dray, lorry.
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wagon or waggon (ˈwæɡən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | 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 |
| 2. | (Brit) a railway freight truck, esp an open one |
| 3. | (US), (Canadian) a child's four-wheeled cart |
| 4. | (US), (Canadian) a police van for transporting prisoners and those arrested |
| 5. | chiefly (US), (Canadian) See station wagon |
| 6. | an obsolete word for chariot |
| 7. | informal off the wagon no longer abstaining from alcoholic drinks |
| 8. | informal on the wagon abstaining from alcoholic drinks |
| —vb | |
| 9. | (tr) to transport by wagon |
| [C16: from Dutch wagen | |
| waggon or waggon | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [C16: from Dutch wagen | |
| 'wagonless or waggon | |
| —adj | |
| 'waggonless or waggon | |
| —adj | |
| Wagon or Waggon (ˈwæɡən) | |
| —n | |
| the Wagon another name for the Plough | |
| Waggon or Waggon | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
wagon
1523, from M.Du. wagen, waghen, from P.Gmc. *wagnaz (cf. O.E. wægn, 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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
wagon definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Wagon definition
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
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