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wag•on
Pronunciation: (wag'un), [key]—
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.See
station wagon.
3. a police van for transporting prisoners; patrol wagon:
The fight broke up before the wagon arrived.
4. (
cap.)
Astron.Charles's Wain. See
Big Dipper.
5. Brit.a railway freight car or flatcar.
6. a baby carriage.
7. Archaic.a chariot.
8. circle the wagons. See
circle (def. 21).
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. off the wagon, Slang.again drinking alcoholic beverages after a period of abstinence.
12. on the wagon, Slang.abstaining from alcoholic beverages.
Also,on the water wagon; Brit.,on the water cart.
—
v.t.
to transport or convey by wagon.
—
v.i.
to proceed or haul goods by wagon:
It was strenuous to wagon up the hill. Also, esp. Brit.,waggon.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
