waggon
(redirected from wagons)Also found in: Thesaurus, Idioms, Encyclopedia.
Related to wagons: Station wagons
wag·gon
(wăg′ən)n. & v. Chiefly British
Variant of wagon.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
waggon
(ˈwæɡən)n, vb
(Automotive Engineering) a variant spelling (esp Brit) of wagon
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
wag•on
(ˈwæg ən)n.
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 patrol wagon.
v.t. 4. to transport or convey by wagon.
v.i. 5. to proceed or haul goods by wagon.
Idioms: 1. fix someone's wagon, Informal. to get even with or punish someone.
2. off the wagon, Informal. again drinking alcoholic beverages after a period of abstinence.
3. on the wagon, Informal. currently abstaining from alcoholic beverages.
[1505–15; < Dutch wagen, c. Old English wægn wain]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Waggon
of teetotalers—Madden.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Switch to new thesaurus
Noun | 1. | ![]() axletree - a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve bandwagon - a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band; "the gaudy bandwagon led the circus parade" cart - a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal chuck wagon - a wagon equipped with a cookstove and provisions (for cowboys) Conestoga, Conestoga wagon, covered wagon, prairie schooner, prairie wagon - a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century lorry - a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides milk wagon, milkwagon - wagon for delivering milk tramcar, tram - a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; "a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine" wagon wheel - a wheel of a wagon wain - large open farm wagon water waggon, water wagon - a wagon that carries water (as for troops or work gangs or to sprinkle down dusty dirt roads in the summertime) wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC" |
2. | ![]() auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" shooting brake - another name for a station wagon |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
عَرَبَة قِطار مَكْشوفَهمَرْكَبَه، عَرَبَة نَقْل
vagnvöruflutningavagn
furgonsplatformapreču vagonsrati
voz
wagon,
waggon
(ˈwӕgən) noun1. a type of four-wheeled vehicle for carrying heavy loads. a hay wagon.
2. an open railway carriage for goods. a goods wagon.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.