Complete Definition of "wagon"

Image:Planwagen.jpg|thumb|right|A horse-drawn, covered wagon.
Image:Datsun510wagon.jpg|thumb|right|A station wagon.
English

Alternative spellings
waggon

Etymology
From Dutch wagen, waghen, from Germanic *wagna-. Compare wain.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-wagon.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

  1. A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
  2. A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pushed or pulled by human force.
  3. A child�s riding toy, four-wheeled and pulled or steered by a long handle in the front.
  4. context|US|AU|slang A station wagon.
  5. slang A paddy wagon.
  6. A truck, or lorry.
  7. context|Ireland|slang An immoral woman, slapper.

Translations
trans-top|cart
Arabic: ARchar|عربة (�árba) f
Chinese: �貨馬� (yùnhuòm�ch�)
Dutch: wagen
French: charrette f
German: Wagen
Italian: carro m
trans-mid
Japanese: �馬� (����, nibasha)
Korean: ��차 (jimmacha)
Portuguese: carro m
Russian: �елега (teléga) f
Spanish: carro m, coche m
Swedish: vagn c, kärra c
trans-bottom

Swedish: vagn c (1,2,3), kärra c (1,2,3)

Derived terms
top2
covered wagon
on the wagon
off the wagon
fall off the wagon
mid2
bandwagon
on the bandwagon
jump on the bandwagon
hitch your wagon to a star

Verb
en-verb

  1. transitive To transport by means of a wagon.
  2. intransitive To travel in a wagon.

Category:Dutch derivations

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