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wagon

/ˈwæɡ(ə)n/

noun

Meaning

  • A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads.

  • A four-wheeled child's riding toy, pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front.

  • An enclosed vehicle for carrying goods or people; (by extension) a lorry, a truck.

  • An enclosed vehicle used as a movable dwelling; a caravan.

  • Short for dinner wagon.

  • Short for paddy wagon.

  • A freight car on a railway.

  • Short for station wagon; (by extension) a sport utility vehicle (SUV); any car.

  • A woman of loose morals, a promiscuous woman, a slapper; (by extension) a woman regarded as obnoxious; a bitch, a cow.

  • A kind of prefix used in de Bruijn notation.

Synonyms

goods wagon

verb

Meaning

  • To load into a wagon in preparation for transportation; to transport by means of a wagon.

  • To travel in a wagon.