EGAVE

wagon

About 7.61 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun Abbreviation of toy wagon; A child's riding toy, with the same structure as a wagon (sense 1), pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front.
  3. noun A shopping cart.
  4. noun A vehicle (wagon) designed to transport goods or people on railway.
  5. noun Ellipsis of dinner wagon (“set of light shelves mounted on castors so that it can be pushed around a dining room and used for serving”).
  6. noun Ellipsis of paddy wagon (“police van for transporting prisoners”).
  7. noun Ellipsis of station wagon (“type of automobile”); any car, van, or light truck.
  8. noun Term of abuse. A woman of loose morals, a promiscuous woman, a slapper.

Similar words

waggon beach wagon black maria paddy wagon station wagon beach waggon coaster wagon patrol wagon police van police wagon

Often followed by

and train to was with road trains in or

Word family

wagoned wagoning wagons

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